diff --git a/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs b/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
index 1fd53edd56..16e3a4abf6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
@@ -3405,6 +3405,13 @@ impl BuildRequest {
             ),
         )?;
 
+        // Write file_paths.xml, if specificed
+        if let Some(file_paths) = self.config.application.android_file_paths.as_deref() {
+            let file_path = std::fs::read_to_string(self.package_manifest_dir().join(file_paths))
+                .context("Failed to locate requested file_paths.xml")?;
+            write(res.join("xml").join("file_paths.xml"), file_path)?;
+        };
+
         create_dir_all(res.join("drawable"))?;
         write(
             res.join("drawable").join("ic_launcher_background.xml"),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/app.rs b/packages/cli/src/config/app.rs
index 80ec2041c1..dbe8c4c6da 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/app.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/app.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ pub(crate) struct ApplicationConfig {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub(crate) android_main_activity: Option<PathBuf>,
 
+    /// Use this file for the file_paths.xml associated with the Android app.
+    /// `dx` will merge any required settings into this file required to build the app
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub(crate) android_file_paths: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     /// Specified minimum sdk version for gradle to build the app with.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub(crate) android_min_sdk_version: Option<u32>,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/dioxus_config.rs b/packages/cli/src/config/dioxus_config.rs
index d96afbb54b..d0d3ad5f9e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/dioxus_config.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/dioxus_config.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ impl Default for DioxusConfig {
                 ios_info_plist: None,
                 android_manifest: None,
                 android_main_activity: None,
+                android_file_paths: None,
                 android_min_sdk_version: None,
                 macos_info_plist: None,
                 ios_entitlements: None,
diff --git a/packages/desktop/build.rs b/packages/desktop/build.rs
index b1705cb50b..7a8b0414f1 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/build.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/build.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ fn check_gnu() {
         && std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ENV").unwrap() == "gnu"
         && !cfg!(feature = "gnu")
     {
-        println!("cargo:warning=GNU windows targets have some limitations within Wry. Using the MSVC windows toolchain is recommended. If you would like to use continue using GNU, you can read https://github.com/wravery/webview2-rs#cross-compilation and disable this warning by adding the gnu feature to dioxus-desktop in your Cargo.toml")
+        println!(
+            "cargo:warning=GNU windows targets have some limitations within Wry. Using the MSVC windows toolchain is recommended. If you would like to use continue using GNU, you can read https://github.com/wravery/webview2-rs#cross-compilation and disable this warning by adding the gnu feature to dioxus-desktop in your Cargo.toml"
+        )
     }
 
     // To prepare for a release, we add extra examples to desktop for doc scraping and copy assets from the workspace to make those examples compile