diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d0204df035a720..ccee3e2fa5dc11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -398,10 +398,10 @@ jobs:
       run: ./python Lib/test/ssltests.py
 
   build-android:
-    name: Android (${{ matrix.arch }})
+    # ${{ '' } is a hack to nest jobs under the same sidebar category.
+    name: Android${{ '' }}  # zizmor: ignore[obfuscation]
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
-    timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -412,13 +412,12 @@ jobs:
           - arch: x86_64
             runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Build and test
-        run: ./Android/android.py ci ${{ matrix.arch }}-linux-android
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-android.yml
+    with:
+      arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      check-name: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      runner-vm-os: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+      timeout-minutes: 60
 
   build-wasi:
     name: 'WASI'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-android.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-android.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0248117f7dc0ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-android.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: Reusable Android
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      arch:
+        description: CPU architecture
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      check-name:
+        description: A custom name for the Checks API-reported status
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      runner-vm-os:
+        description: VM OS to use
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      timeout-minutes:
+        description: Deadline for the job to complete
+        required: true
+        type: number
+    outputs:
+      steps:
+        description: >-
+          JSON-formatted collection of all build steps with their outputs
+        value: ${{ jobs.build.outputs.steps }}
+
+env:
+  FORCE_COLOR: 1
+  ANDROID_CI_SCRIPT_TRIPLET: ${{ inputs.arch }}-linux-android
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: >-
+      ${{
+        inputs.check-name
+        && inputs.check-name
+        || format(
+             '{0}@💻{1}',
+             inputs.runner-vm-os,
+             inputs.arch
+           )
+      }}
+
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner-vm-os }}
+
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.timeout-minutes }}
+
+    outputs:
+      steps: ${{ toJSON(steps) }}
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Fetch CPython source from Git
+      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+
+    - name: Build and test
+      run: ./Android/android.py ci "${ANDROID_CI_SCRIPT_TRIPLET}"