diff --git a/templates/android/template/app/build.gradle b/templates/android/template/app/build.gradle
index c01e8356f..704bbca33 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/app/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/android/template/app/build.gradle
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ System.setProperty('java.awt.headless','false')
 android {
 	compileSdkVersion Integer.parseInt(project.ANDROID_BUILD_SDK_VERSION)
 	buildToolsVersion project.ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION
+	::if (ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN>="4.0")::ndkPath '::ANDROID_NDK_ROOT_ESCAPED::'::end::
 	
 	defaultConfig {
 		applicationId "::META_PACKAGE_NAME::"
diff --git a/templates/android/template/build.gradle b/templates/android/template/build.gradle
index 81fe8a266..09a91e1e2 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/android/template/build.gradle
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ configure(subprojects.findAll {!it.file('build.gradle').exists() && it.file('bui
 	android {
 		compileSdkVersion Integer.parseInt(project.ANDROID_BUILD_SDK_VERSION)
 		buildToolsVersion project.ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION
+		::if (ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN>="4.0")::ndkPath '::ANDROID_NDK_ROOT_ESCAPED::'::end::
 		
 		sourceSets {
 			main {
diff --git a/templates/android/template/local.properties b/templates/android/template/local.properties
index 09b9bb3db..0a1bbe0cf 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/local.properties
+++ b/templates/android/template/local.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 # Location of the SDK. This is only used by Gradle.
 #
 sdk.dir=::ANDROID_SDK_ESCAPED::
+::if (ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN<"4.0")::
 ndk.dir=::ANDROID_NDK_ROOT_ESCAPED::
+::end::