diff --git a/lib/services/android/gradle-build-args-service.ts b/lib/services/android/gradle-build-args-service.ts
index be3c354079..bb13547a80 100644
--- a/lib/services/android/gradle-build-args-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/android/gradle-build-args-service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Configurations } from "../../common/constants";
 
 export class GradleBuildArgsService implements IGradleBuildArgsService {
 	constructor(private $androidToolsInfo: IAndroidToolsInfo,
+		private $hooksService: IHooksService,
 		private $analyticsService: IAnalyticsService,
 		private $staticConfig: Config.IStaticConfig,
 		private $logger: ILogger) { }
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ export class GradleBuildArgsService implements IGradleBuildArgsService {
 			args.push("-PgatherAnalyticsData=true");
 		}
 
+		// allow modifying gradle args from a `before-build-task-args` hook
+		await this.$hooksService.executeBeforeHooks('build-task-args', { hookArgs: { args } });
+
 		return args;
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/services/android/gradle-build-args-service.ts b/test/services/android/gradle-build-args-service.ts
index e9c1a4428a..22942c525c 100644
--- a/test/services/android/gradle-build-args-service.ts
+++ b/test/services/android/gradle-build-args-service.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function createTestInjector(): IInjector {
 		})
 	});
 	injector.register("logger", {});
+	injector.register("hooksService", stubs.HooksServiceStub);
 	injector.register("gradleBuildArgsService", GradleBuildArgsService);
 	injector.register("analyticsService", stubs.AnalyticsService);
 	injector.register("staticConfig", {TRACK_FEATURE_USAGE_SETTING_NAME: "TrackFeatureUsage"});