diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Android.psm1 b/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Android.psm1
index 2c84696c4..b7ce2b8e1 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Android.psm1
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Android.psm1
@@ -156,13 +156,19 @@ 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 Build-AndroidEnvironmentTable {
     $androidVersions = Get-Item env:ANDROID_*
 
-    $shouldResolveLink = 'ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME'
+    $shouldResolveLink = 'ANDROID_NDK', 'ANDROID_NDK_HOME', 'ANDROID_NDK_ROOT', 'ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME'
     return $androidVersions | Sort-Object -Property Name | ForEach-Object {
         [PSCustomObject] @{
             "Name" = $_.Name
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/android.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/android.sh
index 1d5d3d7ea..1a34bf2f0 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/android.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/android.sh
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ extras=$(get_toolset_value '.android.extra_list[]|"extras;" + .')
 addons=$(get_toolset_value '.android.addon_list[]|"add-ons;" + .')
 additional=$(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')
 
 components=("${extras[@]}" "${addons[@]}" "${additional[@]}")
 for ndk_version in "${ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_VERSIONS[@]}"
@@ -93,7 +94,13 @@ do
 done
 
 ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_LATEST=(${ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_VERSIONS[-1]})
+ndkDefaultFullVersion=$(get_full_ndk_version $ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_DEFAULT)
 ndkLatestFullVersion=$(get_full_ndk_version $ANDROID_NDK_MAJOR_LATEST)
+ANDROID_NDK="$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/ndk/$ndkDefaultFullVersion"
+# ANDROID_NDK, ANDROID_NDK_HOME, and ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME variables should be set as many customer builds depend on them https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/5879
+echo "ANDROID_NDK=${ANDROID_NDK}" | tee -a /etc/environment
+echo "ANDROID_NDK_HOME=${ANDROID_NDK}" | tee -a /etc/environment
+echo "ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=${ANDROID_NDK}" | tee -a /etc/environment
 echo "ANDROID_NDK_LATEST_HOME=$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/ndk/$ndkLatestFullVersion" | tee -a /etc/environment
 
 availablePlatforms=($($SDKMANAGER --list | sed -n '/Available Packages:/,/^$/p' | grep "platforms;android-[0-9]" | cut -d"|" -f 1))
diff --git a/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-1804.json b/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-1804.json
index 9c268c2ed..264c6d96a 100644
--- a/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-1804.json
+++ b/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-1804.json
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
             "cmake;3.22.1"
         ],
         "ndk": {
+            "default": "25",
             "versions": [
                 "23", "24", "25"
             ]
diff --git a/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-2004.json b/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-2004.json
index 1e8568e29..9ec9940b2 100644
--- a/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-2004.json
+++ b/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-2004.json
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
             "cmake;3.22.1"
         ],
         "ndk": {
+            "default": "25",
             "versions": [
                 "23", "24", "25"
             ]
diff --git a/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-2204.json b/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-2204.json
index c1beb9f8d..1b8f528b2 100644
--- a/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-2204.json
+++ b/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-2204.json
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
             "cmake;3.22.1"
         ],
         "ndk": {
+            "default": "25",
             "versions": [
                 "23", "24", "25"
             ]