diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 096a5c1..476abb9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -278,7 +278,12 @@
     set(AVIF_SRCS ${AVIF_SRCS} src/codec_dav1d.c)
 
     if(AVIF_LOCAL_DAV1D)
-        set(LIB_FILENAME "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/dav1d/build/src/libdav1d${AVIF_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+        set(AVIF_DAV1D_BUILD_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/dav1d/build")
+        # If ${ANDROID_ABI} is set, look for the library under that subdirectory.
+        if(DEFINED ANDROID_ABI)
+            set(AVIF_DAV1D_BUILD_DIR "${AVIF_DAV1D_BUILD_DIR}/${ANDROID_ABI}")
+        endif()
+	set(LIB_FILENAME "${AVIF_DAV1D_BUILD_DIR}/src/libdav1d${AVIF_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
         if(NOT EXISTS "${LIB_FILENAME}")
             if("${AVIF_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" STREQUAL ".a")
                 message(FATAL_ERROR "libavif: ${LIB_FILENAME} is missing, bailing out")
@@ -293,8 +298,8 @@
         endif()
 
         set(AVIF_CODEC_INCLUDES
-            ${AVIF_CODEC_INCLUDES} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/dav1d/build"
-            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/dav1d/build/include" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/dav1d/build/include/dav1d"
+            ${AVIF_CODEC_INCLUDES} "${AVIF_DAV1D_BUILD_DIR}"
+	    "${AVIF_DAV1D_BUILD_DIR}/include" "${AVIF_DAV1D_BUILD_DIR}/include/dav1d"
             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/dav1d/include"
         )
         set(AVIF_CODEC_LIBRARIES ${AVIF_CODEC_LIBRARIES} ${LIB_FILENAME})
diff --git a/android_jni/README.md b/android_jni/README.md
index 963ec74..5ba6983 100644
--- a/android_jni/README.md
+++ b/android_jni/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 $ export ANDROID_NDK_HOME="/path/to/android/ndk"
 ```
 
-Step 3 - Checkout and build libgav1
+Step 3 - Checkout and build libgav1 or dav1d
 
 ```
 $ cd ext
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@
 $ cd ..
 ```
 
+If you want to use dav1d instead:
+
+```
+$ cd ext
+$ ./dav1d_android.sh "${ANDROID_NDK_HOME}"
+$ cd ..
+```
+
+Update [CMakeLists.txt](avifandroidjni/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt) as follows:
+ * Set `AVIF_LOCAL_LIBGAV1` and `AVIF_CODEC_LIBGAV1` to `OFF`.
+ * Set `AVIF_LOCAL_DAV1D` and `AVIF_CODEC_DAV1D` to `ON`.
+
 Step 4 - Build the JNI Wrapper and generate the AAR package
 
 ```
diff --git a/android_jni/avifandroidjni/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt b/android_jni/avifandroidjni/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt
index e6c99ea..e24cc7f 100644
--- a/android_jni/avifandroidjni/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/android_jni/avifandroidjni/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@
 # To override the variables in the libavif subproject:
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3766740/overriding-a-default-option-value-in-cmake-from-a-parent-cmakelists-txt
 set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+# To disable libgav1, change the following two variables to OFF.
 set(AVIF_LOCAL_LIBGAV1 ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(AVIF_CODEC_LIBGAV1 ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
+# To disable dav1d, change the following two variables to ON.
+set(AVIF_LOCAL_DAV1D OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(AVIF_CODEC_DAV1D OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
 # The current CMake file lives in:
 # $LIBAVIF_ROOT/android_jni/avifandroidjni/src/main/jni.
 # In order to build libavif, we need to go up 5 directories. If a different
diff --git a/ext/dav1d.cmd b/ext/dav1d.cmd
index 3827f3d..16548a6 100755
--- a/ext/dav1d.cmd
+++ b/ext/dav1d.cmd
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 : # If you're running this on Windows, be sure you've already run this (from your VC2019 install dir):
 : #     "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
 
+: # When updating the dav1d version, make the same change to dav1d_android.sh.
 git clone -b 1.1.0 --depth 1 https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d.git
 
 cd dav1d
diff --git a/ext/dav1d_android.sh b/ext/dav1d_android.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..03c8567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dav1d_android.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script will build dav1d for the default ABI targets supported by android.
+# This script only works on linux. You must pass the path to the android NDK as
+# a parameter to this script.
+#
+# Android NDK: https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads
+#
+# The git tag below is known to work, and will occasionally be updated. Feel
+# free to use a more recent commit.
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: ${0} <path_to_android_ndk>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+git clone --depth 1 https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d.git
+cd dav1d
+# TODO(vigneshv): 6afabf8 is the earliest version that contains the crossfiles
+# necessary for Android NDK builds. Replace this with git clone at 1.2.0 (or
+# higher) when dav1d.cmd is updated.
+git checkout 6afabf8
+mkdir build
+cd build
+
+# This only works on linux.
+android_bin="${1}/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin"
+
+ABI_LIST=("armeabi-v7a" "arm64-v8a" "x86" "x86_64")
+ARCH_LIST=("arm" "aarch64" "x86" "x86_64")
+for i in "${!ABI_LIST[@]}"; do
+  abi="${ABI_LIST[i]}"
+  mkdir "${abi}"
+  cd "${abi}"
+  PATH=$PATH:${android_bin} meson --default-library=static --buildtype release \
+    --cross-file="../../package/crossfiles/${ARCH_LIST[i]}-android.meson" \
+    -Denable_tools=false -Denable_tests=false ../..
+  PATH=$PATH:${android_bin} ninja
+  cd ..
+done
+
+cd ../..