diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
index dd623ae65..c2de44ef6 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.HandlerThread;
+import android.webkit.ServiceWorkerClient;
+import android.webkit.ServiceWorkerController;
 import android.webkit.ValueCallback;
+import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest;
+import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse;
 import android.webkit.WebSettings;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 import androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultCallback;
@@ -274,6 +278,18 @@ private void loadWebView() {
         webView.setWebChromeClient(new BridgeWebChromeClient(this));
         webView.setWebViewClient(this.webViewClient);
 
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24 && config.isResolveServiceWorkerRequests()) {
+            ServiceWorkerController swController = ServiceWorkerController.getInstance();
+            swController.setServiceWorkerClient(
+                new ServiceWorkerClient() {
+                    @Override
+                    public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest(WebResourceRequest request) {
+                        return getLocalServer().shouldInterceptRequest(request);
+                    }
+                }
+            );
+        }
+
         if (!isDeployDisabled() && !isNewBinary()) {
             SharedPreferences prefs = getContext()
                 .getSharedPreferences(com.getcapacitor.plugin.WebView.WEBVIEW_PREFS_NAME, Activity.MODE_PRIVATE);
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
index 5b0e22a6e..9325b3078 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public class CapConfig {
     private int minHuaweiWebViewVersion = DEFAULT_HUAWEI_WEBVIEW_VERSION;
     private String errorPath;
     private boolean zoomableWebView = false;
+    private boolean resolveServiceWorkerRequests = true;
 
     // Embedded
     private String startPath;
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ private CapConfig(Builder builder) {
         this.minHuaweiWebViewVersion = builder.minHuaweiWebViewVersion;
         this.errorPath = builder.errorPath;
         this.zoomableWebView = builder.zoomableWebView;
+        this.resolveServiceWorkerRequests = builder.resolveServiceWorkerRequests;
 
         // Embedded
         this.startPath = builder.startPath;
@@ -282,6 +284,7 @@ private void deserializeConfig(@Nullable Context context) {
         useLegacyBridge = JSONUtils.getBoolean(configJSON, "android.useLegacyBridge", useLegacyBridge);
         webContentsDebuggingEnabled = JSONUtils.getBoolean(configJSON, "android.webContentsDebuggingEnabled", isDebug);
         zoomableWebView = JSONUtils.getBoolean(configJSON, "android.zoomEnabled", JSONUtils.getBoolean(configJSON, "zoomEnabled", false));
+        resolveServiceWorkerRequests = JSONUtils.getBoolean(configJSON, "android.resolveServiceWorkerRequests", true);
 
         String logBehavior = JSONUtils.getString(
             configJSON,
@@ -374,6 +377,10 @@ public boolean isInputCaptured() {
         return captureInput;
     }
 
+    public boolean isResolveServiceWorkerRequests() {
+        return resolveServiceWorkerRequests;
+    }
+
     public boolean isWebContentsDebuggingEnabled() {
         return webContentsDebuggingEnabled;
     }
@@ -573,6 +580,7 @@ public static class Builder {
         private int minWebViewVersion = DEFAULT_ANDROID_WEBVIEW_VERSION;
         private int minHuaweiWebViewVersion = DEFAULT_HUAWEI_WEBVIEW_VERSION;
         private boolean zoomableWebView = false;
+        private boolean resolveServiceWorkerRequests = true;
 
         // Embedded
         private String startPath = null;
@@ -672,6 +680,11 @@ public Builder setUseLegacyBridge(boolean useLegacyBridge) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        public Builder setResolveServiceWorkerRequests(boolean resolveServiceWorkerRequests) {
+            this.resolveServiceWorkerRequests = resolveServiceWorkerRequests;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public Builder setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(boolean webContentsDebuggingEnabled) {
             this.webContentsDebuggingEnabled = webContentsDebuggingEnabled;
             return this;
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/ConfigBuildingTest.java b/android/capacitor/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/ConfigBuildingTest.java
index 0a21c144a..1af51039d 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/ConfigBuildingTest.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/ConfigBuildingTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public void setup() {
                 .setBackgroundColor("red")
                 .setPluginsConfiguration(pluginConfig)
                 .setServerUrl("http://www.google.com")
+                .setResolveServiceWorkerRequests(false)
                 .create();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             fail();
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ public void getCoreConfigValues() {
         assertTrue(config.isWebContentsDebuggingEnabled());
         assertEquals("red", config.getBackgroundColor());
         assertEquals("http://www.google.com", config.getServerUrl());
+        assertFalse(config.isResolveServiceWorkerRequests());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/cli/src/declarations.ts b/cli/src/declarations.ts
index 1199463d6..d12b832bf 100644
--- a/cli/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/cli/src/declarations.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
      * @default false
      */
     useLegacyBridge?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Make service worker requests go through Capacitor bridge.
+     * Set it to false to use your own handling.
+     *
+     * @since 7.0.0
+     * @default true
+     */
+    resolveServiceWorkerRequests?: boolean;
   };
 
   ios?: {