diff --git a/src/openrct2-android/gradle.properties b/src/openrct2-android/gradle.properties
index e37f08064c..75f2357547 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-android/gradle.properties
+++ b/src/openrct2-android/gradle.properties
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ android.enableJetifier=false
 android.useAndroidX=true
 org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m
+
+# Enable verbose output to see cmake and ninja logs during build for native output:
+# https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin#native-build-output
+android.native.buildOutput=verbose