diff --git a/android-project/app/build.gradle b/android-project/app/build.gradle
index 8e59d9eb4..baa0edc8d 100644
--- a/android-project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android-project/app/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ android {
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
     }
+    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
+        tasks["merge${variant.name.capitalize()}Assets"]
+            .dependsOn("externalNativeBuild${variant.name.capitalize()}")
+    }
     if (!project.hasProperty('EXCLUDE_NATIVE_LIBS')) {
         sourceSets.main {
             jniLibs.srcDir 'libs'