diff --git a/platform/android/java/app/gradle.properties b/platform/android/java/app/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19587bd81ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/android/java/app/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Godot custom build Gradle settings.
+# These properties apply when running custom build from the Godot editor.
+# NOTE: This should be kept in sync with 'godot/platform/android/java/gradle.properties' except
+# where otherwise specified.
+
+# For more details on how to configure your build environment visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/build_environment.html
+
+android.enableJetifier=true
+android.useAndroidX=true
+
+# Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
+# The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4536m
+
+# When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
+# This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
+# org.gradle.parallel=true
+
+org.gradle.warning.mode=all
+
+# Enable resource optimizations for release build.
+# NOTE: This is turned off for template release build in order to support the build legacy process.
+android.enableResourceOptimizations=true
diff --git a/platform/android/java/build.gradle b/platform/android/java/build.gradle
index ee24a46d9fb..87bb2ea2187 100644
--- a/platform/android/java/build.gradle
+++ b/platform/android/java/build.gradle
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ task zipCustomBuild(type: Zip) {
     doFirst {
         logger.lifecycle("Generating Godot custom build template")
     }
-    from(fileTree(dir: 'app', excludes: ['**/build/**', '**/.gradle/**', '**/*.iml']), fileTree(dir: '.', includes: ['gradle.properties', 'gradlew', 'gradlew.bat', 'gradle/**']))
+    from(fileTree(dir: 'app', excludes: ['**/build/**', '**/.gradle/**', '**/*.iml']), fileTree(dir: '.', includes: ['gradlew', 'gradlew.bat', 'gradle/**']))
     include '**/*'
     archiveFileName = 'android_source.zip'
     destinationDirectory = file(binDir)
diff --git a/platform/android/java/gradle.properties b/platform/android/java/gradle.properties
index 6b3b62a9da4..b51a19a0050 100644
--- a/platform/android/java/gradle.properties
+++ b/platform/android/java/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Project-wide Gradle settings.
+# NOTE: This should be kept in sync with 'godot/platform/android/java/app/gradle.properties' except
+# where otherwise specified.
 
 # IDE (e.g. Android Studio) users:
 # Gradle settings configured through the IDE *will override*
@@ -20,3 +22,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4536m
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 org.gradle.warning.mode=all
+
+# Disable resource optimizations for template release build.
+# NOTE: This is turned on for custom build in order to improve the release build.
+android.enableResourceOptimizations=false