diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
index d55ef90a443..9ba6eb96ea1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ namespace {
     const QLatin1String SettingsGroup("AndroidConfigurations");
     const QLatin1String SDKLocationKey("SDKLocation");
     const QLatin1String CustomNdkLocationsKey("CustomNdkLocations");
+    const QLatin1String DefaultNdkLocationKey("DefaultNdkLocation");
     const QLatin1String SdkFullyConfiguredKey("AllEssentialsInstalled");
     const QLatin1String SDKManagerToolArgsKey("SDKManagerToolArgs");
     const QLatin1String OpenJDKLocationKey("OpenJDKLocation");
@@ -226,6 +227,8 @@ void AndroidConfig::load(const QSettings &settings)
                          QStringList({"-netdelay", "none", "-netspeed", "full"})).toStringList();
     m_sdkLocation = FilePath::fromUserInput(settings.value(SDKLocationKey).toString()).cleanPath();
     m_customNdkList = settings.value(CustomNdkLocationsKey).toStringList();
+    m_defaultNdk =
+            FilePath::fromUserInput(settings.value(DefaultNdkLocationKey).toString()).cleanPath();
     m_sdkManagerToolArgs = settings.value(SDKManagerToolArgsKey).toStringList();
     m_openJDKLocation = FilePath::fromString(settings.value(OpenJDKLocationKey).toString());
     m_openSslLocation = FilePath::fromString(settings.value(OpenSslPriLocationKey).toString());
@@ -246,6 +249,11 @@ void AndroidConfig::load(const QSettings &settings)
         // persistent settings
     }
     m_customNdkList.removeAll("");
+    if (!m_defaultNdk.isEmpty() && ndkVersion(m_defaultNdk).isNull()) {
+        if (avdConfigLog().isDebugEnabled())
+            qCDebug(avdConfigLog) << "Clearing invalid default NDK setting:" << m_defaultNdk.path();
+        m_defaultNdk.clear();
+    }
     parseDependenciesJson();
 }
 
@@ -258,6 +266,7 @@ void AndroidConfig::save(QSettings &settings) const
     // user settings
     settings.setValue(SDKLocationKey, m_sdkLocation.toString());
     settings.setValue(CustomNdkLocationsKey, m_customNdkList);
+    settings.setValue(DefaultNdkLocationKey, m_defaultNdk.toString());
     settings.setValue(SDKManagerToolArgsKey, m_sdkManagerToolArgs);
     settings.setValue(OpenJDKLocationKey, m_openJDKLocation.toString());
     settings.setValue(OpenSslPriLocationKey, m_openSslLocation.toString());
@@ -396,6 +405,16 @@ void AndroidConfig::removeCustomNdk(const QString &customNdk)
     m_customNdkList.removeAll(customNdk);
 }
 
+void AndroidConfig::setDefaultNdk(const Utils::FilePath &defaultNdk)
+{
+    m_defaultNdk = defaultNdk;
+}
+
+FilePath AndroidConfig::defaultNdk() const
+{
+    return m_defaultNdk;
+}
+
 FilePath AndroidConfig::openSslLocation() const
 {
     return m_openSslLocation;
@@ -927,6 +946,8 @@ void AndroidConfig::setSdkManagerToolArgs(const QStringList &args)
 
 FilePath AndroidConfig::ndkLocation(const BaseQtVersion *qtVersion) const
 {
+    if (!m_defaultNdk.isEmpty())
+        return m_defaultNdk; // A selected default NDK is good for any Qt version
     return sdkLocation().pathAppended(ndkPathFromQtVersion(*qtVersion));
 }
 
@@ -1005,6 +1026,9 @@ bool AndroidConfig::allEssentialsInstalled(AndroidSdkManager *sdkManager)
         if (essentialPkgs.isEmpty())
             break;
     }
+    if (!m_defaultNdk.isEmpty())
+        essentialPkgs = Utils::filtered(essentialPkgs,
+                                        [](const QString &p){ return !p.startsWith("ndk;"); });
     return essentialPkgs.isEmpty() ? true : false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
index 84d1142cce4..f5cfa7f6531 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ public:
     QStringList getCustomNdkList() const;
     void addCustomNdk(const QString &customNdk);
     void removeCustomNdk(const QString &customNdk);
+    void setDefaultNdk(const Utils::FilePath &defaultNdk);
+    Utils::FilePath defaultNdk() const;
 
     Utils::FilePath openSslLocation() const;
     void setOpenSslLocation(const Utils::FilePath &openSslLocation);
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ private:
     SdkForQtVersions m_defaultSdkDepends;
     QList<SdkForQtVersions> m_specificQtVersions;
     QStringList m_customNdkList;
+    Utils::FilePath m_defaultNdk;
     bool m_sdkFullyConfigured = false;
 
     //caches
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
index 7f71ee88a54..abbbe2dd871 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ private:
 
     void downloadSdk();
     void addCustomNdkItem();
+    bool isDefaultNdkSelected() const;
     void validateOpenSsl();
 
     Ui_AndroidSettingsWidget m_ui;
@@ -263,6 +264,8 @@ void AndroidSettingsWidget::updateNdkList()
     }
 
     m_ui.ndkListWidget->setCurrentRow(0);
+
+    updateUI();
 }
 
 void AndroidSettingsWidget::addCustomNdkItem()
@@ -287,6 +290,17 @@ void AndroidSettingsWidget::addCustomNdkItem()
     }
 }
 
+
+bool AndroidSettingsWidget::isDefaultNdkSelected() const
+{
+    if (!m_androidConfig.defaultNdk().isEmpty()) {
+        if (const QListWidgetItem *item = m_ui.ndkListWidget->currentItem()) {
+            return FilePath::fromUserInput(item->text()) == m_androidConfig.defaultNdk();
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 AndroidSettingsWidget::AndroidSettingsWidget()
 {
     m_ui.setupUi(this);
@@ -398,9 +412,18 @@ AndroidSettingsWidget::AndroidSettingsWidget()
     connect(m_ui.addCustomNdkButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this,
             &AndroidSettingsWidget::addCustomNdkItem);
     connect(m_ui.removeCustomNdkButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, [this] {
+        if (isDefaultNdkSelected())
+            m_androidConfig.setDefaultNdk({});
         m_androidConfig.removeCustomNdk(m_ui.ndkListWidget->currentItem()->text());
         m_ui.ndkListWidget->takeItem(m_ui.ndkListWidget->currentRow());
     });
+    connect(m_ui.makeDefaultNdkButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, [this] {
+        const FilePath defaultNdk = isDefaultNdkSelected()
+                ? FilePath()
+                : FilePath::fromUserInput(m_ui.ndkListWidget->currentItem()->text());
+        m_androidConfig.setDefaultNdk(defaultNdk);
+        updateUI();
+    });
 
     connect(m_ui.openSslPathChooser, &PathChooser::rawPathChanged,
             this, &AndroidSettingsWidget::validateOpenSsl);
@@ -658,6 +681,22 @@ void AndroidSettingsWidget::updateUI()
 
     m_androidSummary->setSetupOk(androidSetupOk);
     m_openSslSummary->setSetupOk(openSslOk);
+
+    // Mark default entry in NDK list widget
+    {
+        const QFont font = m_ui.ndkListWidget->font();
+        QFont markedFont = font;
+        markedFont.setItalic(true);
+        for (int row = 0; row < m_ui.ndkListWidget->count(); ++row) {
+            QListWidgetItem *item = m_ui.ndkListWidget->item(row);
+            const bool isDefaultNdk =
+                    FilePath::fromUserInput(item->text()) == m_androidConfig.defaultNdk();
+            item->setFont(isDefaultNdk ? markedFont : font);
+        }
+    }
+
+    m_ui.makeDefaultNdkButton->setText(isDefaultNdkSelected() ? tr("Unset Default")
+                                                              : tr("Make Default"));
 }
 
 void AndroidSettingsWidget::downloadSdk()
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.ui b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.ui
index 0e021f52420..227f4a5b5da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.ui
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="makeDefaultNdkButton">
+          <property name="toolTip">
+           <string>Force a specific NDK installation to be used by all Android kits.&lt;br/&gt;Note that the forced NDK might not be compatible with all Qt registered versions.</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
         <item>
          <spacer name="ndkListControlsSpacer">
           <property name="orientation">