diff --git a/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit.c b/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit.c
index 7089e1d..c380420 100644
--- a/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit.c
+++ b/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define STATIC_ASSERT(condition) \
   static char CONCAT(dummy_,__LINE__)[1 - 2*(!(condition))];
 
-#ifdef __arm__
+#if defined(__arm__) || __ANDROID_API__ < 9
 STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(__WCHAR_TYPE__) == 1);
 STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(wchar_t) == 1);
 #else
diff --git a/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit_cplusplus.cpp b/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit_cplusplus.cpp
index 3396aab..2776bf3 100644
--- a/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit_cplusplus.cpp
+++ b/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit_cplusplus.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define STATIC_ASSERT(condition) \
   static char CONCAT(dummy_,__LINE__)[1 - 2*(!(condition))];
 
-#ifdef __arm__
+#if defined(__arm__) ||  __ANDROID_API__ < 9
 STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(__WCHAR_TYPE__) == 1);
 #else
 STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(__WCHAR_TYPE__) == 4);
diff --git a/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit_cplusplus_stdc_limit_macros.cpp b/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit_cplusplus_stdc_limit_macros.cpp
index 06c1c33..23eddd4 100644
--- a/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit_cplusplus_stdc_limit_macros.cpp
+++ b/tests/build/wchar_t-size/jni/test_8bit_cplusplus_stdc_limit_macros.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define STATIC_ASSERT(condition) \
   static char CONCAT(dummy_,__LINE__)[1 - 2*(!(condition))];
 
-#ifdef __arm__
+#if defined(__arm__) || __ANDROID_API__ < 9
 STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(__WCHAR_TYPE__) == 1);
 #else
 STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(__WCHAR_TYPE__) == 4);