diff -u -r ../postgresql-9.6.2/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c ./src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
--- ../postgresql-9.6.2/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c	2017-02-06 22:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ ./src/bin/initdb/initdb.c	2017-03-05 14:41:04.690265407 +0100
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
 
 /* values to be obtained from arguments */
 static char *pg_data = "";
-static char *encoding = "";
-static char *locale = "";
+static char *encoding = "UTF-8";
+static char *locale = "en_US.UTF-8";
 static char *lc_collate = "";
 static char *lc_ctype = "";
 static char *lc_monetary = "";
@@ -1848,6 +1848,7 @@
 setup_collation(FILE *cmdfd)
 {
 #if defined(HAVE_LOCALE_T) && !defined(WIN32)
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 	int			i;
 	FILE	   *locale_a_handle;
 	char		localebuf[NAMEDATALEN]; /* we assume ASCII so this is fine */
@@ -1856,12 +1857,14 @@
 	locale_a_handle = popen_check("locale -a", "r");
 	if (!locale_a_handle)
 		return;					/* complaint already printed */
+#endif
 
 	PG_CMD_PUTS("CREATE TEMP TABLE tmp_pg_collation ( "
 				"	collname name, "
 				"	locale name, "
 				"	encoding int) WITHOUT OIDS;\n\n");
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 	while (fgets(localebuf, sizeof(localebuf), locale_a_handle))
 	{
 		size_t		len;
@@ -1938,6 +1941,7 @@
 		}
 		free(quoted_locale);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	/* Add an SQL-standard name */
 	PG_CMD_PRINTF1("INSERT INTO tmp_pg_collation VALUES ('ucs_basic', 'C', %d);\n\n", PG_UTF8);
@@ -1969,6 +1973,7 @@
 	 */
 	PG_CMD_PUTS("DROP TABLE tmp_pg_collation;\n\n");
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 	pclose(locale_a_handle);
 
 	if (count == 0 && !debug)
@@ -1976,6 +1981,7 @@
 		printf(_("No usable system locales were found.\n"));
 		printf(_("Use the option \"--debug\" to see details.\n"));
 	}
+#endif
 #endif   /* not HAVE_LOCALE_T  && not WIN32 */
 }