diff --git a/images/macos/provision/core/android-toolsets.sh b/images/macos/provision/core/android-toolsets.sh
index c20dc7d7..ff5362fc 100755
--- a/images/macos/provision/core/android-toolsets.sh
+++ b/images/macos/provision/core/android-toolsets.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ ANDROID_EXTRA_LIST=($(get_toolset_value '.android."extra-list"[]'))
 ANDROID_ADDON_LIST=($(get_toolset_value '.android."addon-list"[]'))
 ANDROID_ADDITIONAL_TOOLS=($(get_toolset_value '.android."additional-tools"[]'))
 ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_VERSIONS=($(get_toolset_value '.android.ndk."versions"[]'))
+ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_DEFAULT=$(get_toolset_value '.android.ndk.default')
 ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_LATEST=$(get_toolset_value '.android.ndk."versions"[-1]')
 # Get the latest command line tools from https://developer.android.com/studio#cmdline-tools
 cmdlineToolsVersion=$(get_toolset_value '.android."cmdline-tools"')
@@ -81,8 +82,14 @@ do
     echo y | $SDKMANAGER "ndk;$ndk_full_version"
 done
 
+ndkDefault=$(get_full_ndk_version $ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_DEFAULT)
+ANDROID_NDK_HOME=$ANDROID_HOME/ndk/$ndkDefault
 ndkLatest=$(get_full_ndk_version $ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_LATEST)
 ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME=$ANDROID_HOME/ndk/$ndkLatest
+# ANDROID_NDK, ANDROID_NDK_HOME, and ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME variables should be set as many customer builds depend on them https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/5879
+echo "export ANDROID_NDK=$ANDROID_NDK_HOME" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
+echo "export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=$ANDROID_NDK_HOME" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
+echo "export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=$ANDROID_NDK_HOME" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
 echo "export ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME=$ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
 
 availablePlatforms=($($SDKMANAGER --list | grep "platforms;android-[0-9]" | cut -d"|" -f 1 | sort -u))
diff --git a/images/macos/software-report/SoftwareReport.Android.psm1 b/images/macos/software-report/SoftwareReport.Android.psm1
index 97b96148..e2db090f 100644
--- a/images/macos/software-report/SoftwareReport.Android.psm1
+++ b/images/macos/software-report/SoftwareReport.Android.psm1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function Build-AndroidTable {
 function Build-AndroidEnvironmentTable {
     $androidVersions = Get-Item env:ANDROID_*
 
-    $shoulddResolveLink = 'ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME'
+    $shoulddResolveLink = 'ANDROID_NDK', 'ANDROID_NDK_HOME', 'ANDROID_NDK_ROOT', 'ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME'
     return $androidVersions | Sort-Object -Property Name | ForEach-Object {
         [PSCustomObject] @{
             "Name" = $_.Name
@@ -177,7 +177,13 @@ function Get-AndroidGoogleAPIsVersions {
 function Get-AndroidNDKVersions {
     $ndkFolderPath = Join-Path (Get-AndroidSDKRoot) "ndk"
     $versions += Get-ChildItem -Path $ndkFolderPath -Name
-    return ($versions | Join-String -Separator "<br>")
+    $ndkDefaultVersion = Get-ToolsetValue "android.ndk.default"
+    $ndkDefaultFullVersion = Get-ChildItem "$env:ANDROID_HOME/ndk/$ndkDefaultVersion.*" -Name | Select-Object -Last 1
+
+    return ($versions | ForEach-Object {
+        $defaultPostfix = ( $_ -eq $ndkDefaultFullVersion ) ? " (default)" : ""
+        $_ + $defaultPostfix
+    } | Join-String -Separator "<br>")
 }
 
 function Get-IntelHaxmVersion {
diff --git a/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-10.15.json b/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-10.15.json
index 76e6810d..a31f1c61 100644
--- a/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-10.15.json
+++ b/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-10.15.json
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
             "cmake;3.18.1"
         ],
         "ndk": {
+            "default": "25",
             "versions": [
                 "23", "24", "25"
             ]
diff --git a/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-11.json b/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-11.json
index 290542b7..c79617d6 100644
--- a/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-11.json
+++ b/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-11.json
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
             "cmake;3.22.1"
         ],
         "ndk": {
+            "default": "25",
             "versions": [
                 "23", "24", "25"
             ]
diff --git a/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-12.json b/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-12.json
index a098a1e0..a2473b21 100644
--- a/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-12.json
+++ b/images/macos/toolsets/toolset-12.json
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
             "cmake;3.22.1"
         ],
         "ndk": {
+            "default": "25",
             "versions": [
                 "23", "24", "25"
             ]