diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
index abf48674f..923eb8a06 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
@@ -1176,6 +1176,26 @@ void GuiMenu::openSoundOptions()
 {
     auto s = new GuiSettings(_("SOUND SETTINGS"));
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+    // Audio driver.
+    auto audioDriver = std::make_shared<OptionListComponent<std::string>>(getHelpStyle(),
+                                                                          _("AUDIO DRIVER"), false);
+    std::string selectedDriver {Settings::getInstance()->getString("AudioDriver")};
+    audioDriver->add("OPENSL ES", "openslES", selectedDriver == "openslES");
+    audioDriver->add("AAUDIO", "AAudio", selectedDriver == "AAudio");
+    // If there are no objects returned, then there must be a manually modified entry in the
+    // configuration file. Simply set the audio driver to "openslES" in this case.
+    if (audioDriver->getSelectedObjects().size() == 0)
+        audioDriver->selectEntry(0);
+    s->addWithLabel(_("AUDIO DRIVER (REQUIRES RESTART)"), audioDriver);
+    s->addSaveFunc([audioDriver, s] {
+        if (audioDriver->getSelected() != Settings::getInstance()->getString("AudioDriver")) {
+            Settings::getInstance()->setString("AudioDriver", audioDriver->getSelected());
+            s->setNeedsSaving();
+        }
+    });
+#endif
+
 // TODO: Implement system volume support for macOS and Android.
 #if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
     // System volume.
diff --git a/es-app/src/main.cpp b/es-app/src/main.cpp
index 4b2e59fcb..7c91a7cf1 100644
--- a/es-app/src/main.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/main.cpp
@@ -1027,6 +1027,15 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         Utils::Platform::Android::setupFontFiles();
         Utils::Platform::Android::setupLocalizationFiles();
     }
+
+    {
+        std::string audioDriver {Settings::getInstance()->getString("AudioDriver")};
+        if (audioDriver != "openslES" && audioDriver != "AAudio")
+            audioDriver = "openslES";
+
+        setenv("SDL_AUDIODRIVER", audioDriver.c_str(), 1);
+    }
+
 #endif
 
     Utils::Localization::setLocale();
diff --git a/es-core/src/AudioManager.cpp b/es-core/src/AudioManager.cpp
index e3f38e1b0..3ac130208 100644
--- a/es-core/src/AudioManager.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/AudioManager.cpp
@@ -36,10 +36,28 @@ void AudioManager::init()
 {
     LOG(LogInfo) << "Setting up AudioManager...";
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
     if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) != 0) {
-        LOG(LogError) << "Error initializing SDL audio!\n" << SDL_GetError();
+        if (Settings::getInstance()->getString("AudioDriver") != "AAudio") {
+            LOG(LogWarning) << "Requested OpenSL ES audio driver does not seem to be available, "
+                               "reverting to AAudio";
+            setenv("SDL_AUDIODRIVER", "AAudio", 1);
+            if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) != 0) {
+                LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't initialize SDL audio: " << SDL_GetError();
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't initialize SDL audio: " << SDL_GetError();
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) != 0) {
+        LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't initialize SDL audio: " << SDL_GetError();
         return;
     }
+#endif
 
     LOG(LogInfo) << "Audio driver: " << SDL_GetCurrentAudioDriver();
 
diff --git a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
index 9fcf6e284..ced874ceb 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ void Settings::setDefaults()
     mBoolMap["ShowHelpPrompts"] = {true, true};
 
     // Sound settings.
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+    mStringMap["AudioDriver"] = {"openslES", "openslES"};
+#endif
     mIntMap["SoundVolumeNavigation"] = {70, 70};
     mIntMap["SoundVolumeVideos"] = {80, 80};
     mBoolMap["ViewsVideoAudio"] = {true, true};