--- a/common/os/Thread.cxx
+++ b/common/os/Thread.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 #include <os/Mutex.h>
 #include <os/Thread.h>
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#include <string.h>
+static void threadSignalHandler(int signum)
+{
+  pthread_exit(0);
+}
+#endif
+
 using namespace os;
 
 Thread::Thread() : running(false), threadId(NULL)
@@ -48,7 +56,11 @@
   delete (HANDLE*)threadId;
 #else
   if (isRunning())
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+    pthread_kill(*(pthread_t*)threadId, SIGUSR2);
+#else
     pthread_cancel(*(pthread_t*)threadId);
+#endif
   delete (pthread_t*)threadId;
 #endif
 
@@ -148,6 +160,15 @@
 void* Thread::startRoutine(void* data)
 #endif
 {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  struct sigaction actions;
+  memset(&actions, 0, sizeof(actions));
+  sigemptyset(&actions.sa_mask);
+  actions.sa_flags = 0;
+  actions.sa_handler = threadSignalHandler;
+  sigaction(SIGUSR2, &actions, NULL);
+#endif
+
   Thread *self;
 
   self = (Thread*)data;