diff --git a/backends/platform/android/android.cpp b/backends/platform/android/android.cpp
index e014520f824..ca7c3fce8e9 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/android.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/android/android.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ OSystem_Android::OSystem_Android(int audio_sample_rate, int audio_buffer_size) :
 			getSystemProperty("ro.build.display.id").c_str(),
 			getSystemProperty("ro.build.version.sdk").c_str(),
 			getSystemProperty("ro.product.cpu.abi").c_str());
+	// JNI::getAndroidSDKVersionId() should be identical to the result from ("ro.build.version.sdk"),
+	// though getting it via JNI is maybe the most reliable option (?)
+	// Also __system_property_get which is used by getSystemProperty() is being deprecated in recent NDKs
+
+	int sdkVersion = JNI::getAndroidSDKVersionId();
+	LOGI("SDK Version: %d", sdkVersion);
 }
 
 OSystem_Android::~OSystem_Android() {
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/jni-android.cpp b/backends/platform/android/jni-android.cpp
index 9d8854e2419..29d67cc0df9 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/jni-android.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/android/jni-android.cpp
@@ -872,11 +872,30 @@ void JNI::setPause(JNIEnv *env, jobject self, jboolean value) {
 	}
 }
 
-
 jstring JNI::getNativeVersionInfo(JNIEnv *env, jobject self) {
 	return convertToJString(env, Common::U32String(gScummVMVersion));
 }
 
+jint JNI::getAndroidSDKVersionId() {
+	// based on: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10511880
+	JNIEnv *env = JNI::getEnv();
+	// VERSION is a nested class within android.os.Build (hence "$" rather than "/")
+	jclass versionClass = env->FindClass("android/os/Build$VERSION");
+	if (!versionClass) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	jfieldID sdkIntFieldID = NULL;
+	sdkIntFieldID = env->GetStaticFieldID(versionClass, "SDK_INT", "I");
+	if (!sdkIntFieldID) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	jint sdkInt = env->GetStaticIntField(versionClass, sdkIntFieldID);
+	//LOGD("sdkInt = %d", sdkInt);
+	return sdkInt;
+}
+
 jstring JNI::convertToJString(JNIEnv *env, const Common::U32String &str) {
 	uint len = 0;
 	uint16 *u16str = str.encodeUTF16Native(&len);
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/jni-android.h b/backends/platform/android/jni-android.h
index b00ceff8aba..2942e754fd4 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/jni-android.h
+++ b/backends/platform/android/jni-android.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
 	static int getTouchMode();
 	static void showSAFRevokePermsControl(bool enable);
 	static void addSysArchivesToSearchSet(Common::SearchSet &s, int priority);
+	static jint getAndroidSDKVersionId();
 
 	static inline bool haveSurface();
 	static inline bool swapBuffers();