diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index e8cea44fa..8121a9d6a 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ android {
             applicationIdSuffix ".profile"
         }
         release {
+            // specify architectures, to specifically exclude native libs for x86,
+            // which lead to: UnsatisfiedLinkError...couldn't find "libflutter.so"
+            // cf https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/37566#issuecomment-640879500
+            ndk {
+                abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a', 'x86_64'
+            }
+
             signingConfig signingConfigs.release
 
             minifyEnabled true