--- misc/icu/source/config/mh-linux
+++ misc/build/icu/source/config/mh-linux
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 # The initial tab in the next line is to prevent icu-config from reading it.
-	LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
+#	LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
 #SH# # We can't depend on MIDDLE_SO_TARGET being set.
 #SH# LD_SONAME=
 
--- misc/icu/source/configure
+++ misc/build/icu/source/configure
@@ -5053,7 +5053,7 @@
 	else
 		icu_cv_host_frag=mh-linux-va
 	fi ;;
-*-*-linux*|*-*-gnu|*-*-k*bsd*-gnu|*-*-kopensolaris*-gnu) icu_cv_host_frag=mh-linux ;;
+*-*-linux*|*-*-gnu|*-*-k*bsd*-gnu|*-*-kopensolaris*-gnu|*-*-*-androideabi*) icu_cv_host_frag=mh-linux ;;
 *-*-cygwin|*-*-mingw32)
 	if test "$GCC" = yes; then
 		cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
@@ -6127,6 +6127,9 @@
 # Check to see if genccode can generate simple assembly.
 GENCCODE_ASSEMBLY=
 case "${host}" in
+*-*-linux-androideabi)
+    GENCCODE_ASSEMBLY="-a gcc-android"
+    ;;
 *-linux*|*-kfreebsd*-gnu*|i*86-*-*bsd*|i*86-pc-gnu)
     if test "$GCC" = yes; then
         # We're using gcc, and the simple -a gcc command line works for genccode
@@ -7200,6 +7203,10 @@
     # wchar_t can be used
     CHECK_UTF16_STRING_RESULT="available"
     ;;
+*-*-*-androideabi*)
+    # no UTF-16 strings thanks, I think, this is to avoid the -std=c++0x which causes trouble with uint64_t
+    CHECK_UTF16_STRING_RESULT="nope"
+    ;;
 *)
     ;;
 esac
--- misc/icu/source/common/putilimp.h
+++ misc/build/icu/source/common/putilimp.h
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
     /* Use the predefined value. */
 #elif U_PLATFORM_HAS_WIN32_API
 #   define U_HAVE_NL_LANGINFO_CODESET 0
+#elif defined(__ANDROID__)
+#   define U_HAVE_NL_LANGINFO_CODESET 0
 #else
 #   define U_HAVE_NL_LANGINFO_CODESET 1
 #endif
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 
 #ifdef U_TIMEZONE
     /* Use the predefined value. */
+#elif defined(__ANDROID__)
+#   define U_TIMEZONE timezone
 #elif U_PLATFORM_IS_LINUX_BASED
 #   define U_TIMEZONE __timezone
 #elif U_PLATFORM_USES_ONLY_WIN32_API