diff --git a/metadata/im.vector.app.yml b/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
index 8631e70da8..7020a6c2d7 100644
--- a/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
+++ b/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Builds:
       - sed -i -e '/com.google.firebase/,+5d' build.gradle
       - sed -i -e '/com.google.gms.google-services/d' build.gradle
       - sed -i -e 's/enable true/enable false/g' build.gradle
+    ndk: r21d
 
 MaintainerNotes: |-
     Uses piasy/BigImageViewer which gets build and installed to a local maven repo in srclib prepare step.