diff --git a/src/Makefile.qt.include b/src/Makefile.qt.include
index 35d5b0004a0..6c0e6f7c6f7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.qt.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.qt.include
@@ -394,8 +394,7 @@ bitcoin_qt_apk: FORCE
 	cp $(dir $(lastword $(CC)))../sysroot/usr/lib/$(host_alias)/libc++_shared.so $(APK_LIB_DIR)
 	tar xf $(QT_BASE_PATH) -C qt/android/src/ $(QT_BASE_TLD)src/android/jar/src --strip-components=5
 	tar xf $(QT_BASE_PATH) -C qt/android/src/ $(QT_BASE_TLD)src/android/java/src --strip-components=5
-	tar xf $(QT_BASE_PATH) -C qt/android/res/ $(QT_BASE_TLD)src/android/java/res --strip-components=5
-	cp qt/bitcoin-qt $(APK_LIB_DIR)/libbitcoin-qt.so
+	cp qt/bitcoin-qt $(APK_LIB_DIR)/libbitcoin-qt_$(ANDROID_ARCH).so
 	cd qt/android && gradle wrapper --gradle-version=6.6.1
 	cd qt/android && ./gradlew build
 
diff --git a/src/qt/android/.gitignore b/src/qt/android/.gitignore
index 74cf42f9349..c090a2e98ea 100644
--- a/src/qt/android/.gitignore
+++ b/src/qt/android/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 /.gradle
 /build
-/gradle/wrapper
+/gradle
 /gradlew*
 /libs
-/res/layout
-/res/values*
 /src/org/kde
 /src/org/qtproject
diff --git a/src/qt/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/qt/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index abb88fe89da..41615294e09 100644
--- a/src/qt/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/qt/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
             <meta-data android:name="android.app.background_running" android:value="true"/>
             <meta-data android:name="android.app.auto_screen_scale_factor" android:value="true"/>
             <meta-data android:name="android.app.extract_android_style" android:value="default"/>
-    </activity>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.load_local_libs_resource_id" android:resource="@array/load_local_libs"/>
+        </activity>
 
     </application>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/src/qt/android/res/values/libs.xml b/src/qt/android/res/values/libs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f20df4eb05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qt/android/res/values/libs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <array name="load_local_libs">
+        <item>
+            arm64-v8a;libbitcoin-qt_arm64-v8a.so
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            armeabi-v7a;libbitcoin-qt_armeabi-v7a.so
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            x86_64;libbitcoin-qt_x86_64.so
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            x86;libbitcoin-qt_x86.so
+        </item>
+    </array>
+</resources>