diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d8798bafb9..516dbe29df4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -721,4 +721,8 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_VULKAN)
   add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backends/vulkan)
 endif()
 
+if(ANDROID)
+  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/extension/android)
+endif()
+
 include(Test.cmake)
diff --git a/extension/android/CMakeLists.txt b/extension/android/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b7a04c2e97..a1a8fe1dccf 100644
--- a/extension/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extension/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24) # 3.24 is required for WHOLE_ARCHIVE
 
-project(executorch_jni)
+if(NOT EXECUTORCH_ROOT)
+  set(EXECUTORCH_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../..)
+endif()
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
@@ -16,7 +18,6 @@ if(NOT ANDROID)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "This directory is for Android build only")
 endif()
 
-set(EXECUTORCH_ROOT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../..")
 include(${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake)
 set(_common_compile_options -Wno-deprecated-declarations -fPIC)
 set(_common_include_directories ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/..)
@@ -60,8 +61,6 @@ set_target_properties(fbjni PROPERTIES
   IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third-party/fbjni/prefab/modules/fbjni/libs/android.${ANDROID_ABI}/libfbjni.so"
 )
 
-set(executorch_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../lib/cmake/ExecuTorch)
-find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
 target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
 
 add_library(executorch_jni SHARED jni/jni_layer.cpp jni/log.cpp jni/jni_layer_runtime.cpp)
@@ -152,12 +151,12 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_LLAMA_JNI)
   target_compile_definitions(executorch_jni PUBLIC EXECUTORCH_BUILD_LLAMA_JNI=1)
   add_subdirectory(
     ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/examples/models/llava/runner
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../examples/models/llava/runner
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/examples/models/llava/runner
   )
 
   add_subdirectory(
     ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/examples/models/llama/runner
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../examples/models/llama/runner
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/examples/models/llama/runner
   )
 
   if(NEURON_BUFFER_ALLOCATOR_LIB)
@@ -192,3 +191,5 @@ target_include_directories(
 target_compile_options(executorch_jni PUBLIC ${_common_compile_options})
 
 target_link_libraries(executorch_jni ${link_libraries} log)
+
+set_target_properties(executorch_jni PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME executorch)
diff --git a/extension/android/executorch_android/build.gradle b/extension/android/executorch_android/build.gradle
index 2fa0b9fd57c..b0e3c5c67f5 100644
--- a/extension/android/executorch_android/build.gradle
+++ b/extension/android/executorch_android/build.gradle
@@ -20,23 +20,35 @@ android {
         minSdk = 23
 
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
-    }
 
-    compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    }
+        externalNativeBuild {
+            cmake {
+                abiFilters "arm64-v8a"
+                targets "executorch_jni"
+                arguments "-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF", "-DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.24", "-DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_XNNPACK=ON", "-DEXECUTORCH_XNNPACK_SHARED_WORKSPACE=ON", "-DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_DATA_LOADER=ON", "-DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_MODULE=ON", "-DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_RUNNER_UTIL=ON", "-DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_TENSOR=ON", "-DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_KERNELS_OPTIMIZED=ON", "-DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_KERNELS_QUANTIZED=ON"
+            }
+        }
+
+        compileOptions {
+            sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+            targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        }
 
-    sourceSets {
-        main {
-            jniLibs.srcDirs = ['../../../cmake-out-android-so/']
+        sourceSets {
+            androidTest {
+                resources.srcDirs += ['src/androidTest/resources']
+            }
         }
-        androidTest {
-            resources.srcDirs += [ 'src/androidTest/resources' ]
+
+        kotlinOptions {
+            jvmTarget = "1.8"
         }
     }
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "1.8"
+
+    externalNativeBuild {
+        cmake {
+            path "../../../CMakeLists.txt"
+        }
     }
 }