diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 54281a3f9a0c155..fa37d97a1531e17 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -999,8 +999,13 @@ always available.
    Windows          ``'win32'``
    Windows/Cygwin   ``'cygwin'``
    Mac OS X         ``'darwin'``
+   Android          ``'android'``
    ================ ===========================
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+      On Android, :attr:`sys.platform` is now equal to ``"android"`` rather
+      than ``'linux'``.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
       On Linux, :attr:`sys.platform` doesn't contain the major version anymore.
       It is always ``'linux'``, instead of ``'linux2'`` or ``'linux3'``.  Since
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-01-24-00-52-55.bpo-32637.ntAPTa.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-01-24-00-52-55.bpo-32637.ntAPTa.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..e1a346b875851b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-01-24-00-52-55.bpo-32637.ntAPTa.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Set sys.platform to "android" on Android.
diff --git a/Python/getplatform.c b/Python/getplatform.c
index 81a0f7ac5378bd5..f0408420444d9f5 100644
--- a/Python/getplatform.c
+++ b/Python/getplatform.c
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 #define PLATFORM "unknown"
 #endif
 
+/* bpo-32637: Force sys.platform == "android" on Android */
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#  undef PLATFORM
+#  define PLATFORM "android"
+#endif
+
 const char *
 Py_GetPlatform(void)
 {