diff --git a/metadata/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.yml b/metadata/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.yml
index e450500f43..214aac25c1 100644
--- a/metadata/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.yml
+++ b/metadata/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.yml
@@ -1981,6 +1981,8 @@ Builds:
     prebuild:
       - sed -i -e '/signingConfig/d' build.gradle
       - sed -i -e '/executable/s/python/python3/' {../syncthing,.}/build.gradle
+    preassemble:
+      - :syncthing:buildNative
 
 MaintainerNotes: |-
   The submodule in syncthing/src/github.com/syncthing/syncthing must be