diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 200a915e94e9..6d0eaf027f80 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -190,6 +190,23 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+afterEvaluate {
+    // As the App is building from source, we need to make sure hermesc is built before the JS bundle is created.
+    // Otherwise the release version of the app will fail to build due to missing hermesc.
+    def hermesCTask = gradle.includedBuild("react-native").task(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid:hermes-engine:buildHermesC")
+
+    android.applicationVariants.configureEach { variant ->
+        if (variant.buildType.name == "release") {
+            def variantName = variant.name.capitalize()
+            def bundleTask = tasks.named("createBundle${variantName}JsAndAssets").getOrNull()
+
+            if (bundleTask != null) {
+                bundleTask.dependsOn(hermesCTask)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 dependencies {
     // The version of react-native is set by the React Native Gradle Plugin
     implementation("com.facebook.react:react-android")