diff --git a/Sources/JavaKit/JavaObjectHolder.swift b/Sources/JavaKit/JavaObjectHolder.swift
index 173991c9..75adbfed 100644
--- a/Sources/JavaKit/JavaObjectHolder.swift
+++ b/Sources/JavaKit/JavaObjectHolder.swift
@@ -19,13 +19,21 @@ import JavaRuntime
 /// while this instance is live.
 public class JavaObjectHolder {
   public private(set) var object: jobject?
+#if canImport(Android)
+  public var environment: JNIEnvironment {
+    try! JavaVirtualMachine.shared().environment()
+  }
+#else
   public let environment: JNIEnvironment
+#endif
 
   /// Take a reference to a Java object and promote it to a global reference
   /// so that the Java virtual machine will not garbage-collect it.
   public init(object: jobject, environment: JNIEnvironment) {
     self.object = environment.interface.NewGlobalRef(environment, object)
+#if !canImport(Android)
     self.environment = environment
+#endif
   }
 
   /// Forget this Java object, meaning that it is no longer used from anywhere
diff --git a/Sources/JavaRuntime/AndroidSupport.cpp b/Sources/JavaRuntime/AndroidSupport.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3556b371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/JavaRuntime/AndroidSupport.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Apple Inc. and the Swift.org project authors
+// Licensed under Apache License v2.0
+//
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information
+// See CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of Swift.org project authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+
+#include <JavaRuntime.h>
+#include <android/log.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
+// these are not exported by the Android SDK
+
+extern "C" {
+  using JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs_fn = jint (*)(void *vm_args);
+  using JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM_fn = jint (*)(JavaVM **, JNIEnv **, void *);
+  using JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs_fn = jint (*)(JavaVM **, jsize, jsize *);
+}
+
+static JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs_fn
+    JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs;
+static JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM_fn JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM;
+static JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs_fn JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs;
+
+static void *JavaRuntime_dlhandle;
+
+__attribute__((constructor)) static void JavaRuntime_init(void) {
+  JavaRuntime_dlhandle = dlopen("libnativehelper.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
+  if (JavaRuntime_dlhandle == nullptr) {
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "JavaRuntime",
+                        "failed to open libnativehelper.so: %s", dlerror());
+    return;
+  }
+
+  JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs =
+      reinterpret_cast<JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs_fn>(
+          dlsym(JavaRuntime_dlhandle, "JNI_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs"));
+  if (JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs == nullptr)
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "JavaRuntime",
+                        "JNI_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs not found: %s",
+                        dlerror());
+
+  JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM = reinterpret_cast<JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM_fn>(
+      dlsym(JavaRuntime_dlhandle, "JNI_CreateJavaVM"));
+  if (JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM == nullptr)
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "JavaRuntime",
+                        "JNI_CreateJavaVM not found: %s", dlerror());
+
+  JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs =
+      reinterpret_cast<JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs_fn>(
+          dlsym(JavaRuntime_dlhandle, "JNI_GetCreatedJavaVMs"));
+  if (JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs == nullptr)
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "JavaRuntime",
+                        "JNI_GetCreatedJavaVMs not found: %s", dlerror());
+}
+
+__attribute__((destructor)) static void JavaRuntime_deinit(void) {
+  if (JavaRuntime_dlhandle) {
+    dlclose(JavaRuntime_dlhandle);
+    JavaRuntime_dlhandle = nullptr;
+  }
+
+  JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs = nullptr;
+  JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM = nullptr;
+  JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs = nullptr;
+}
+
+jint JNI_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs(void *vm_args) {
+  if (JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs == nullptr)
+    return JNI_ERR;
+
+  return (*JavaRuntime_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs)(vm_args);
+}
+
+jint JNI_CreateJavaVM(JavaVM **vm, JNIEnv **env, void *vm_args) {
+  if (JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM == nullptr)
+    return JNI_ERR;
+
+  return (*JavaRuntime_CreateJavaVM)(vm, env, vm_args);
+}
+
+jint JNI_GetCreatedJavaVMs(JavaVM **vmBuf, jsize bufLen, jsize *nVMs) {
+  if (JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs == nullptr)
+    return JNI_ERR;
+
+  return (*JavaRuntime_GetCreatedJavaVMs)(vmBuf, bufLen, nVMs);
+}
+
+#endif