diff --git a/doc/source/buildoptions.rst b/doc/source/buildoptions.rst
index 22a7aa61e5..6497cc1d4e 100644
--- a/doc/source/buildoptions.rst
+++ b/doc/source/buildoptions.rst
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ options (this list may not be exhaustive):
   project directory.
 - ``--add-gradle-plugins``: Add a plugin for gradle. The format of the option
   is ``<plugin-id>:<classpath>``. The option can be specified multiple times.
+- ``--enable-crashlytics-native-symbol-upload``: Enable processing and uploading
+  of native symbols to Firebase servers. This flag must be enabled to see
+  properly-symbolicated native stack traces in the Crashlytics dashboard.
 
 
 webview
@@ -162,6 +165,9 @@ ready.
   project directory.
 - ``--add-gradle-plugins``: Add a plugin for gradle. The format of the option
   is ``<plugin-id>:<classpath>``. The option can be specified multiple times.
+- ``--enable-crashlytics-native-symbol-upload``: Enable processing and uploading
+  of native symbols to Firebase servers. This flag must be enabled to see
+  properly-symbolicated native stack traces in the Crashlytics dashboard.
 
 
 service_library
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py
index aef357b1ca..71d1b2da6d 100755
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py
@@ -889,6 +889,9 @@ def parse_args_and_make_package(args=None):
     ap.add_argument('--google-services-json', dest='google_services_json',
                     default='google-services.json',
                     help='Path to google-services.json file')
+    ap.add_argument('--enable-crashlytics-native-symbol-upload', dest='enable_crashlytics_native_symbol_upload',
+                    action='store-true',
+                    help='Enable processing and uploading of native symbols to Firebase servers.')
 
     # Put together arguments, and add those from .p4a config file:
     if args is None:
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle
index 71c8c36e25..d88b4be56e 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/build.tmpl.gradle
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ android {
             {% if args.sign -%}
             signingConfig signingConfigs.release
             {%- endif %}
+            {$ if args.enable_crashlytics_native_symbol_upload -%}
+            firebaseCrashlytics {
+                nativeSymbolUploadEnabled true
+            }
+            {%- endif %}
         }
     }