diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
index e935ae43de5090..5fe5d22299300a 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
   <Target Name="SetupOSSpecificProps" DependsOnTargets="$(IlcDynamicBuildPropertyDependencies)">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
+      <!-- API level specified here MUST be the same as the one used by .NET for Android. .NET for Android targets will
+           take care to always set this property. -->
+      <CrossCompileAndroidApiLevel Condition="'$(CrossCompileAndroidApiLevel)' == ''">21</CrossCompileAndroidApiLevel>
+
       <UseSystemZlib Condition="'$(UseSystemZlib)' == '' and !Exists('$(IlcFrameworkNativePath)libz.a')">true</UseSystemZlib>
       <!-- Use libbrotlicommon.a as the sentinel for the three brotli libs. -->
       <UseSystemBrotli Condition="'$(UseSystemBrotli)' == '' and !Exists('$(IlcFrameworkNativePath)libbrotlicommon.a')">true</UseSystemBrotli>
@@ -48,10 +52,10 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <CrossCompileArch Condition="$(CrossCompileRid.EndsWith('-arm'))">armv7</CrossCompileArch>
 
       <CrossCompileAbi>gnu</CrossCompileAbi>
-      <CrossCompileAbi Condition="$(CrossCompileRid.StartsWith('linux-bionic-')) or $(CrossCompileRid.StartsWith('android-'))">android21</CrossCompileAbi>
+      <CrossCompileAbi Condition="$(CrossCompileRid.StartsWith('linux-bionic-')) or $(CrossCompileRid.StartsWith('android-'))">android$(CrossCompileAndroidApiLevel)</CrossCompileAbi>
       <CrossCompileAbi Condition="$(CrossCompileRid.StartsWith('linux-musl-')) or $(CrossCompileRid.StartsWith('alpine-'))">musl</CrossCompileAbi>
       <CrossCompileAbi Condition="'$(CrossCompileRid)' == 'linux-arm'">gnueabihf</CrossCompileAbi>
-      <CrossCompileAbi Condition="'$(CrossCompileRid)' == 'linux-bionic-arm' or '$(CrossCompileRid)' == 'android-arm'">androideabi21</CrossCompileAbi>
+      <CrossCompileAbi Condition="'$(CrossCompileRid)' == 'linux-bionic-arm' or '$(CrossCompileRid)' == 'android-arm'">androideabi$(CrossCompileAndroidApiLevel)</CrossCompileAbi>
       <CrossCompileAbi Condition="'$(CrossCompileRid)' == 'linux-musl-arm'">musleabihf</CrossCompileAbi>
     </PropertyGroup>