diff --git a/packages/cmake-rn/src/android.ts b/packages/cmake-rn/src/android.ts
index 69a764c1..af550cb1 100644
--- a/packages/cmake-rn/src/android.ts
+++ b/packages/cmake-rn/src/android.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ export const ANDROID_ARCHITECTURES = {
 type AndroidConfigureOptions = {
   triplet: AndroidTriplet;
   ndkVersion: string;
+  sdkVersion: string;
 };
 
 export function getAndroidConfigureCmakeArgs({
   triplet,
   ndkVersion,
+  sdkVersion,
 }: AndroidConfigureOptions) {
   const { ANDROID_HOME } = process.env;
   assert(typeof ANDROID_HOME === "string", "Missing env variable ANDROID_HOME");
@@ -80,8 +82,8 @@ export function getAndroidConfigureCmakeArgs({
     `ANDROID_ABI=${architecture}`,
     "-D",
     "ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang",
-    // "-D",
-    // `ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL=${ANDROID_API_LEVEL}`,
+    "-D",
+    `ANDROID_PLATFORM=${sdkVersion}`,
     "-D",
     "ANDROID_STL=c++_shared",
     // Pass linker flags to avoid errors from undefined symbols
diff --git a/packages/cmake-rn/src/cli.ts b/packages/cmake-rn/src/cli.ts
index 107b6ef0..89d595ce 100644
--- a/packages/cmake-rn/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cmake-rn/src/cli.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = 100;
 
 // This should match https://github.com/react-native-community/template/blob/main/template/android/build.gradle#L7
 const DEFAULT_NDK_VERSION = "27.1.12297006";
+const DEFAULT_ANDROID_SDK_VERSION = "24";
 
 // TODO: Add automatic ccache support
 
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ const ndkVersionOption = new Option(
   "The NDK version to use for Android builds"
 ).default(DEFAULT_NDK_VERSION);
 
+const androidSdkVersionOption = new Option(
+  "--android-sdk-version <version>",
+  "The Android SDK version to use for Android builds"
+).default(DEFAULT_ANDROID_SDK_VERSION);
+
 const noAutoLinkOption = new Option(
   "--no-auto-link",
   "Don't mark the output as auto-linkable by react-native-node-api"
@@ -115,6 +121,7 @@ export const program = new Command("cmake-rn")
   .addOption(outPathOption)
   .addOption(cleanOption)
   .addOption(ndkVersionOption)
+  .addOption(androidSdkVersionOption)
   .addOption(noAutoLinkOption)
   .addOption(noWeakNodeApiLinkageOption)
   .addOption(xcframeworkExtensionOption)
@@ -348,12 +355,19 @@ function getTripletBuildPath(buildPath: string, triplet: SupportedTriplet) {
 
 function getTripletConfigureCmakeArgs(
   triplet: SupportedTriplet,
-  { ndkVersion }: Pick<GlobalContext, "ndkVersion" | "weakNodeApiLinkage">
+  {
+    ndkVersion,
+    androidSdkVersion,
+  }: Pick<
+    GlobalContext,
+    "ndkVersion" | "androidSdkVersion" | "weakNodeApiLinkage"
+  >
 ) {
   if (isAndroidTriplet(triplet)) {
     return getAndroidConfigureCmakeArgs({
       triplet,
       ndkVersion,
+      sdkVersion: androidSdkVersion,
     });
   } else if (isAppleTriplet(triplet)) {
     return getAppleConfigureCmakeArgs({ triplet });
@@ -379,6 +393,7 @@ async function configureProject(context: TripletScopedContext) {
     tripletBuildPath,
     source,
     ndkVersion,
+    androidSdkVersion,
     weakNodeApiLinkage,
   } = context;
   await spawn(
@@ -392,6 +407,7 @@ async function configureProject(context: TripletScopedContext) {
       ...getTripletConfigureCmakeArgs(triplet, {
         ndkVersion,
         weakNodeApiLinkage,
+        androidSdkVersion,
       }),
     ],
     {