diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -22,16 +22,20 @@ Data members:
 #include "osdefs.h"
 #include <locale.h>
 
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif /* MS_WINDOWS */
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#include <sys/system_properties.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef MS_COREDLL
 extern void *PyWin_DLLhModule;
 /* A string loaded from the DLL at startup: */
 extern const char *PyWin_DLLVersionString;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LANGINFO_H
 #include <langinfo.h>
@@ -1344,16 +1348,85 @@ sys_is_finalizing(PyObject* self, PyObje
 {
     return PyBool_FromLong(_Py_Finalizing != NULL);
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(is_finalizing_doc,
 "is_finalizing()\n\
 Return True if Python is exiting.");
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+
+static PyObject *
+_Py_property_get(const char* name, char format)
+{
+    char buf[PROP_VALUE_MAX];
+    int len;
+
+    len = __system_property_get(name, buf);
+
+    if (len == 0)
+    {
+        Py_RETURN_NONE;
+    }
+
+    switch (format)
+    {
+    case 'u':
+        return PyUnicode_FromString(buf);
+    case 'l':
+        return PyLong_FromString(buf, NULL, 10);
+    default:
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
+                     "property value format '%c' unsupported", format);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+sys_getandroidversion(PyObject* self)
+{
+    PyObject *version, *sdk, *codename, *incremental, *boardname, *abi, *ret;
+    version = _Py_property_get("ro.build.version.release", 'u');
+    sdk = _Py_property_get("ro.build.version.sdk", 'l');
+    codename = _Py_property_get("ro.build.version.codename", 'u');
+    incremental = _Py_property_get("ro.build.version.incremental", 'u');
+    boardname = _Py_property_get("ro.product.board", 'u');
+    abi = _Py_property_get("ro.product.cpu.abi", 'u');
+
+    ret = Py_BuildValue("(OO(OO)(OO))",
+                        version, sdk, codename, incremental, boardname, abi);
+    Py_DECREF(version);
+    Py_DECREF(sdk);
+    Py_DECREF(codename);
+    Py_DECREF(incremental);
+    Py_DECREF(boardname);
+    Py_DECREF(abi);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(getandroidversion_doc,
+"getandroidversion()\n\
+\n\
+Attempt to get the Android version information.\n\
+\n\
+The function checks Android system properties to retrieve info.\n\
+\n\
+Returns a (version, sdk, versioninfo, hardwareinfo) tuple with\n\
+versioninfo being a (codename, incremental) tuple and hardwareinfo\n\
+being a (boardname, abi) tuple.\n\
+\n\
+Values which cannot be determined are set to the defaults\n\
+given as parameters (which sdk defaults to 0 and others default to '').\n\
+"
+);
+#endif
+
+
 
 static PyMethodDef sys_methods[] = {
     /* Might as well keep this in alphabetic order */
     {"callstats", (PyCFunction)PyEval_GetCallStats, METH_NOARGS,
      callstats_doc},
     {"_clear_type_cache",       sys_clear_type_cache,     METH_NOARGS,
      sys_clear_type_cache__doc__},
     {"_current_frames", sys_current_frames, METH_NOARGS,
@@ -1429,16 +1502,20 @@ static PyMethodDef sys_methods[] = {
     {"set_coroutine_wrapper", sys_set_coroutine_wrapper, METH_O,
      set_coroutine_wrapper_doc},
     {"get_coroutine_wrapper", sys_get_coroutine_wrapper, METH_NOARGS,
      get_coroutine_wrapper_doc},
     {"set_asyncgen_hooks", (PyCFunction)sys_set_asyncgen_hooks,
      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, set_asyncgen_hooks_doc},
     {"get_asyncgen_hooks", sys_get_asyncgen_hooks, METH_NOARGS,
      get_asyncgen_hooks_doc},
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+    {"getandroidversion", sys_getandroidversion, METH_NOARGS,
+     getandroidversion_doc},
+#endif
     {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
 };
 
 static PyObject *
 list_builtin_module_names(void)
 {
     PyObject *list = PyList_New(0);
     int i;