diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 534d5bd95d2..978505977e6 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ opts.Add(BoolVariable("debug_symbols", "Build with debugging symbols", False))
 opts.Add(BoolVariable("separate_debug_symbols", "Extract debugging symbols to a separate file", False))
 opts.Add(EnumVariable("lto", "Link-time optimization (production builds)", "none", ("none", "auto", "thin", "full")))
 opts.Add(BoolVariable("production", "Set defaults to build Godot for use in production", False))
+opts.Add(BoolVariable("generate_apk", "Generate an APK/AAB after building Android library by calling Gradle", False))
 
 # Components
 opts.Add(BoolVariable("deprecated", "Enable compatibility code for deprecated and removed features", True))
diff --git a/platform/android/SCsub b/platform/android/SCsub
index dfc921cc54a..97262cf148b 100644
--- a/platform/android/SCsub
+++ b/platform/android/SCsub
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import subprocess
+
 Import("env")
 
 android_files = [
@@ -77,3 +79,29 @@ if lib_arch_dir != "":
         str(env["ANDROID_NDK_ROOT"]) + "/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/" + lib_arch_dir + "/libc++_shared.so"
     )
     env_android.Command(out_dir + "/libc++_shared.so", stl_lib_path, Copy("$TARGET", "$SOURCE"))
+
+    def generate_apk(target, source, env):
+        if env["target"] != "editor" and env["dev_build"]:
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "./gradlew",
+                    "generateDevTemplate",
+                    "--quiet",
+                ],
+                cwd="platform/android/java",
+            )
+        else:
+            # Android editor with `dev_build=yes` is handled by the `generateGodotEditor` task.
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "./gradlew",
+                    "generateGodotEditor" if env["target"] == "editor" else "generateGodotTemplates",
+                    "--quiet",
+                ],
+                cwd="platform/android/java",
+            )
+
+    if env["generate_apk"]:
+        generate_apk_command = env_android.Command("generate_apk", [], generate_apk)
+        command = env_android.AlwaysBuild(generate_apk_command)
+        env_android.Depends(command, [lib])