diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 5b1e590eca..aef0ade08b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Android Swift SDK
     # Workaround https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1875
     uses: apple/swift-nio/.github/workflows/android_sdk.yml@main
-    with:
-      additional_command_arguments: "--target NIOCore"
 
   release-builds:
     name: Release builds
diff --git a/Sources/NIOPerformanceTester/main.swift b/Sources/NIOPerformanceTester/main.swift
index b3c2840a7a..ac741839f3 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOPerformanceTester/main.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOPerformanceTester/main.swift
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ import NIOCore
 import NIOEmbedded
 import NIOFoundationCompat
 import NIOHTTP1
+#if os(Android)
+// workaround for error: reference to var 'stdout' is not concurrency-safe because it involves shared mutable state
+@preconcurrency import NIOPosix
+#else
 import NIOPosix
+#endif
 import NIOWebSocket
 
 // Use unbuffered stdout to help detect exactly which test was running in the event of a crash.
diff --git a/scripts/install_swift_sdk.sh b/scripts/install_swift_sdk.sh
index 31a2205dfa..7ffeb3862b 100755
--- a/scripts/install_swift_sdk.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_swift_sdk.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ version="${INSTALL_SWIFT_VERSION:=""}"
 arch="${INSTALL_SWIFT_ARCH:="aarch64"}"
 os_image="${INSTALL_SWIFT_OS_IMAGE:="ubuntu22.04"}"
 sdk="${INSTALL_SWIFT_SDK:="static-sdk"}"
+android_ndk_version="${INSTALL_ANDROID_NDK:="r27d"}"
 
 if [[ ! ( -n "$branch" && -z "$version" ) && ! ( -z "$branch" && -n "$version") ]]; then
   fatal "Exactly one of build or version must be defined."
@@ -127,3 +128,20 @@ swift --version
 
 log "Installing Swift SDK"
 swift sdk install "$sdk_path"
+
+log "Swift SDK Post-install"
+if [[ "$sdk" == "android-sdk" ]]; then
+    # guess some common places where the swift-sdks folder lives
+    cd ~/Library/org.swift.swiftpm || cd ~/.config/swiftpm || cd ~/.local/swiftpm || cd ~/.swiftpm || cd /root/.swiftpm || exit 1
+
+    # download and link the NDK
+    android_ndk_url="https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-${android_ndk_version}-$(uname -s).zip"
+    log "Android Native Development Kit URL: ${android_ndk_url}"
+    "$CURL_BIN" -fsSL -o ndk.zip --retry 3 "${android_ndk_url}"
+    unzip -q ndk.zip
+    rm ndk.zip
+    export ANDROID_NDK_HOME="${PWD}/android-ndk-${android_ndk_version}"
+    bundledir=$(find . -type d -maxdepth 2 -name '*android*.artifactbundle' | head -n 1)
+    "${bundledir}"/swift-android/scripts/setup-android-sdk.sh
+    cd - || exit
+fi