diff --git a/Android/android.py b/Android/android.py
index 317875ef336e0e..f8829e5330660d 100755
--- a/Android/android.py
+++ b/Android/android.py
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@
 TESTBED_DIR = ANDROID_DIR / "testbed"
 CROSS_BUILD_DIR = PYTHON_DIR / "cross-build"
 
-HOSTS = ["aarch64-linux-android", "x86_64-linux-android"]
+HOSTS = [
+    "aarch64-linux-android",
+    "arm-linux-androideabi",
+    "i686-linux-android",
+    "x86_64-linux-android",
+]
 APP_ID = "org.python.testbed"
 DECODE_ARGS = ("UTF-8", "backslashreplace")
 
@@ -209,7 +214,7 @@ def unpack_deps(host, prefix_dir):
     os.chdir(prefix_dir)
     deps_url = "https://github.com/beeware/cpython-android-source-deps/releases/download"
     for name_ver in ["bzip2-1.0.8-3", "libffi-3.4.4-3", "openssl-3.5.5-0",
-                     "sqlite-3.50.4-0", "xz-5.4.6-1", "zstd-1.5.7-1"]:
+                     "sqlite-3.50.4-0", "xz-5.4.6-1", "zstd-1.5.7-2"]:
         filename = f"{name_ver}-{host}.tar.gz"
         download(f"{deps_url}/{name_ver}/{filename}")
         shutil.unpack_archive(filename)
diff --git a/Android/testbed/app/build.gradle.kts b/Android/testbed/app/build.gradle.kts
index 53cdc591fa35fd..7529fdb8f7852f 100644
--- a/Android/testbed/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/Android/testbed/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ val inSourceTree = (
 
 val KNOWN_ABIS = mapOf(
     "aarch64-linux-android" to "arm64-v8a",
+    "arm-linux-androideabi" to "armeabi-v7a",
+    "i686-linux-android" to "x86",
     "x86_64-linux-android" to "x86_64",
 )
 
diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py b/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
index 1418293dcbac0b..47415adce04c2c 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig/__init__.py
@@ -697,12 +697,16 @@ def get_platform():
         # When Python is running on 32-bit ARM Android on a 64-bit ARM kernel,
         # 'os.uname().machine' is 'armv8l'. Such devices run the same userspace
         # code as 'armv7l' devices.
+        # During the build process of the Android testbed when targeting 32-bit ARM,
+        # '_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM' is 'arm-linux-androideabi', so 'machine' becomes
+        # 'arm'.
         machine = {
-            "x86_64": "x86_64",
-            "i686": "x86",
             "aarch64": "arm64_v8a",
+            "arm": "armeabi_v7a",
             "armv7l": "armeabi_v7a",
             "armv8l": "armeabi_v7a",
+            "i686": "x86",
+            "x86_64": "x86_64",
         }[machine]
     elif osname == "linux":
         # At least on Linux/Intel, 'machine' is the processor --
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
index 6cd568eb3d0412..e6433f76a977b3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
@@ -371,11 +371,12 @@ def test_get_platform(self):
         sys.platform = 'android'
         get_config_vars()['ANDROID_API_LEVEL'] = 9
         for machine, abi in {
-            'x86_64': 'x86_64',
-            'i686': 'x86',
             'aarch64': 'arm64_v8a',
+            'arm': 'armeabi_v7a',
             'armv7l': 'armeabi_v7a',
             'armv8l': 'armeabi_v7a',
+            'i686': 'x86',
+            'x86_64': 'x86_64',
         }.items():
             with self.subTest(machine):
                 self._set_uname(('Linux', 'localhost', '3.18.91+',
@@ -580,11 +581,12 @@ def test_android_ext_suffix(self):
         machine = platform.machine()
         suffix = sysconfig.get_config_var('EXT_SUFFIX')
         expected_triplet = {
-            "x86_64": "x86_64-linux-android",
-            "i686": "i686-linux-android",
             "aarch64": "aarch64-linux-android",
+            "arm": "arm-linux-androideabi",
             "armv7l": "arm-linux-androideabi",
             "armv8l": "arm-linux-androideabi",
+            "i686": "i686-linux-android",
+            "x86_64": "x86_64-linux-android",
         }[machine]
         self.assertEndsWith(suffix, f"-{expected_triplet}.so")
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-28-02-48-51.gh-issue-146541.k-zlM6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-28-02-48-51.gh-issue-146541.k-zlM6.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..351071b0becf66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-28-02-48-51.gh-issue-146541.k-zlM6.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The Android testbed can now be built for 32-bit ARM and x86 targets.