diff --git a/examples/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/examples/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 4a73d431..200d1ef0 100644
--- a/examples/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id("com.android.application")
 }
 
+val minSdkApi = (System.getenv("ANDROID_MIN_SDK") ?: "24").toInt()
 val compileSdkApi = (System.getenv("ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK")
     ?: System.getenv("ANDROID_MAX_API")
     ?: "36").toInt()
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "com.example.devbox"
-        minSdk = 21
+        minSdk = minSdkApi
         targetSdk = targetSdkApi
         versionCode = 1
         versionName = "1.0"
diff --git a/examples/android/devbox.d/android/android.lock b/examples/android/devbox.d/android/android.lock
index b7c23576..86dc303c 100644
--- a/examples/android/devbox.d/android/android.lock
+++ b/examples/android/devbox.d/android/android.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION": "36.1.0",
   "ANDROID_CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION": "19.0",
+  "ANDROID_MIN_SDK": 24,
   "ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK": 36,
   "ANDROID_TARGET_SDK": 36,
   "ANDROID_SYSTEM_IMAGE_TAG": "google_apis",
diff --git a/examples/react-native/android/build.gradle b/examples/react-native/android/build.gradle
index 4d536303..88c4edc4 100644
--- a/examples/react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ buildscript {
         def compileSdkEnv = System.getenv("ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK") ?: System.getenv("ANDROID_MAX_API") ?: "35"
         def targetSdkEnv = System.getenv("ANDROID_TARGET_SDK") ?: System.getenv("ANDROID_MAX_API") ?: "35"
         buildToolsVersion = System.getenv("ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION") ?: "35.0.0"
-        minSdkVersion = 24
+        def minSdkEnv = System.getenv("ANDROID_MIN_SDK") ?: "24"
+        minSdkVersion = minSdkEnv.toInteger()
         compileSdkVersion = compileSdkEnv.toInteger()
         targetSdkVersion = targetSdkEnv.toInteger()
         def ndkVersionEnv = System.getenv("ANDROID_NDK_VERSION")
diff --git a/examples/react-native/devbox.d/android/android.lock b/examples/react-native/devbox.d/android/android.lock
index 04848db9..381d7493 100644
--- a/examples/react-native/devbox.d/android/android.lock
+++ b/examples/react-native/devbox.d/android/android.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION": "35.0.0",
   "ANDROID_CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION": "19.0",
+  "ANDROID_MIN_SDK": 24,
   "ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK": 35,
   "ANDROID_TARGET_SDK": 35,
   "ANDROID_SYSTEM_IMAGE_TAG": "google_apis",
diff --git a/plugins/android/plugin.json b/plugins/android/plugin.json
index 1a3ff9cd..9a7efdc5 100644
--- a/plugins/android/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/android/plugin.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "ANDROID_SCRIPTS_DIR": "{{ .Virtenv }}/scripts",
     "ANDROID_RUNTIME_DIR": "{{ .Virtenv }}",
     "ANDROID_LOCAL_SDK": "0",
+    "ANDROID_MIN_SDK": "24",
     "ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK": "36",
     "ANDROID_TARGET_SDK": "36",
     "ANDROID_DEFAULT_DEVICE": "max",
diff --git a/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/init/init-hook.sh b/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/init/init-hook.sh
index cc2254b5..6d615a28 100755
--- a/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/init/init-hook.sh
+++ b/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/init/init-hook.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ VIRTENV_DEVICES_LOCK="${VIRTENV_DIR}/devices.lock"
 
 CONFIG_KEYS=(
   "ANDROID_LOCAL_SDK"
+  "ANDROID_MIN_SDK"
   "ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK"
   "ANDROID_TARGET_SDK"
   "ANDROID_DEFAULT_DEVICE"
diff --git a/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/platform/drift.sh b/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/platform/drift.sh
index ddb21869..8d025225 100644
--- a/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/platform/drift.sh
+++ b/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/platform/drift.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 readonly ANDROID_CONFIG_VARS=(
   "ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION"
   "ANDROID_CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION"
+  "ANDROID_MIN_SDK"
   "ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK"
   "ANDROID_TARGET_SDK"
   "ANDROID_SYSTEM_IMAGE_TAG"
diff --git a/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/user/devices.sh b/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/user/devices.sh
index e54976f2..9e8164df 100755
--- a/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/user/devices.sh
+++ b/plugins/android/virtenv/scripts/user/devices.sh
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ android_generate_android_lock() {
     jq -n \
       --arg build_tools "${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION:-36.1.0}" \
       --arg cmdline_tools "${ANDROID_CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION:-19.0}" \
+      --arg min_sdk "${ANDROID_MIN_SDK:-24}" \
       --arg compile_sdk "${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK:-36}" \
       --arg target_sdk "${ANDROID_TARGET_SDK:-36}" \
       --arg system_image_tag "${ANDROID_SYSTEM_IMAGE_TAG:-google_apis}" \
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ android_generate_android_lock() {
       '{
         ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION: $build_tools,
         ANDROID_CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION: $cmdline_tools,
+        ANDROID_MIN_SDK: ($min_sdk | tonumber),
         ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK: ($compile_sdk | tonumber),
         ANDROID_TARGET_SDK: ($target_sdk | tonumber),
         ANDROID_SYSTEM_IMAGE_TAG: $system_image_tag,
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@ android_generate_android_lock() {
     jq -n \
       --arg build_tools "${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION:-36.1.0}" \
       --arg cmdline_tools "${ANDROID_CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION:-19.0}" \
+      --arg min_sdk "${ANDROID_MIN_SDK:-24}" \
       --arg compile_sdk "${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK:-36}" \
       --arg target_sdk "${ANDROID_TARGET_SDK:-36}" \
       --arg system_image_tag "${ANDROID_SYSTEM_IMAGE_TAG:-google_apis}" \
@@ -299,6 +302,7 @@ android_generate_android_lock() {
       '{
         ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION: $build_tools,
         ANDROID_CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION: $cmdline_tools,
+        ANDROID_MIN_SDK: ($min_sdk | tonumber),
         ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK: ($compile_sdk | tonumber),
         ANDROID_TARGET_SDK: ($target_sdk | tonumber),
         ANDROID_SYSTEM_IMAGE_TAG: $system_image_tag,