diff --git a/libs/editor/WordPressEditor/build.gradle b/libs/editor/WordPressEditor/build.gradle
index ee10de91b9f7..5f33d1a4cfeb 100644
--- a/libs/editor/WordPressEditor/build.gradle
+++ b/libs/editor/WordPressEditor/build.gradle
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.1'
     implementation 'org.wordpress:utils:1.25'
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlinVersion"
-    api ("com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:aztec:$aztecVersion") {
+    api ("$gradle.ext.aztecAndroidAztecPath:$aztecVersion") {
         exclude group: "com.android.volley"
     }
-    api ("com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:wordpress-shortcodes:$aztecVersion")
-    api ("com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:wordpress-comments:$aztecVersion")
+    api ("$gradle.ext.aztecAndroidWordPressShortcodesPath:$aztecVersion")
+    api ("$gradle.ext.aztecAndroidWordPressCommentsPath:$aztecVersion")
 
     // This dependency will be substituted if the `local-builds.gradle` file contains
     // `localGutenbergMobilePath`. Details for this can be found in the `settings.gradle` file.
diff --git a/local-builds.gradle-example b/local-builds.gradle-example
index 805b52ad5732..72617ad6c696 100644
--- a/local-builds.gradle-example
+++ b/local-builds.gradle-example
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ ext {
     //localGutenbergMobilePath = "../gutenberg-mobile"
     //localLoginFlowPath = "../WordPress-Login-Flow-Android"
     //localStoriesAndroidPath = "../stories-android"
+    //localAztecAndroidPath = "../AztecEditor-Android"
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 85b3844d0c65..139da3308384 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ gradle.ext.loginFlowBinaryPath = "org.wordpress:login"
 gradle.ext.storiesAndroidPath = "com.automattic:stories"
 gradle.ext.storiesAndroidMp4ComposePath = "com.automattic.stories:mp4compose"
 gradle.ext.storiesAndroidPhotoEditorPath = "com.automattic.stories:photoeditor"
+gradle.ext.aztecAndroidAztecPath = "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:aztec"
+gradle.ext.aztecAndroidWordPressShortcodesPath = "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:wordpress-shortcodes"
+gradle.ext.aztecAndroidWordPressCommentsPath = "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:wordpress-comments"
+gradle.ext.aztecAndroidGlideLoaderPath = "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:glide-loader"
+gradle.ext.aztecAndroidPicassoLoaderPath = "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:picasso-loader"
 
 def localBuilds = new File('local-builds.gradle')
 if (localBuilds.exists()) {
@@ -85,6 +90,19 @@ if (localBuilds.exists()) {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    if (ext.has("localAztecAndroidPath")) {
+        includeBuild(ext.localAztecAndroidPath) {
+            dependencySubstitution {
+                println "Substituting AztecEditor-Android with the local build"
+                substitute module("$gradle.ext.aztecAndroidAztecPath") with project(':aztec')
+                substitute module("$gradle.ext.aztecAndroidWordPressShortcodesPath") with project(':wordpress-shortcodes')
+                substitute module("$gradle.ext.aztecAndroidWordPressCommentsPath") with project(':wordpress-comments')
+                substitute module("$gradle.ext.aztecAndroidGlideLoaderPath") with project(':glide-loader')
+                substitute module("$gradle.ext.aztecAndroidPicassoLoaderPath") with project(':picasso-loader')
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // Build cache is only enabled for CI, at least for now