diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 704e8266f..7129e4ac0 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ android {
             abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
         }
     }
+    signingConfigs {
+        release {
+            if (project.hasProperty('ROCKETCHAT_RN_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
+                storeFile file(ROCKETCHAT_RN_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
+                storePassword ROCKETCHAT_RN_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
+                keyAlias ROCKETCHAT_RN_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
+                keyPassword ROCKETCHAT_RN_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
+            }
+        }
+    }
     splits {
         abi {
             reset()
@@ -115,6 +125,7 @@ android {
         release {
             minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
         }
     }
     // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release