--- a/src/pstd/src/posix.cc
+++ b/src/pstd/src/posix.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
  * Wrappers for Unix process control functions
  ********************************************/
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#define PTHREAD_CANCELED ((void *)-1)
+static void
+thread_signal_handler(int signum)
+{
+  pthread_exit(PTHREAD_CANCELED);
+}
+#endif
+
 /* $begin forkwrapper */
 pid_t Fork() {
   pid_t pid;
@@ -397,6 +406,15 @@ struct hostent* Gethostbyaddr(const char* addr, int len, int type) {
 void Pthread_create(pthread_t* tidp, pthread_attr_t* attrp, void* (*routine)(void*), void* argp) {
   int rc;
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  struct sigaction actions;
+  memset(&actions, 0, sizeof(actions));
+  sigemptyset(&actions.sa_mask);
+  actions.sa_flags = 0;
+  actions.sa_handler = thread_signal_handler;
+  sigaction(SIGUSR2, &actions, NULL);
+#endif
+
   if (rc = pthread_create(tidp, attrp, routine, argp); rc != 0) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Pthread_create error: " << strerror(rc);
   }
@@ -405,7 +423,11 @@ void Pthread_create(pthread_t* tidp, pthread_attr_t* attrp, void* (*routine)(voi
 void Pthread_cancel(pthread_t tid) {
   int rc;
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  if (rc = pthread_kill(tid, SIGUSR2); rc != 0) {
+#else
   if (rc = pthread_cancel(tid); rc != 0) {
+#endif
     LOG(ERROR) << "Pthread_cancel error: " << strerror(rc);
   }
 }