diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 64a7f7026ef7..acdb4f929dbd 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -506,7 +506,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - run:
           name: Build Android RNTester App
-          command: ./gradlew RNTester:android:app:assembleRelease
+          command: |
+            ./gradlew RNTester:android:app:assembleDebug
+            ./gradlew RNTester:android:app:assembleRelease
 
       # Collect Results
       - run:
diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle b/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
index 21c9540fc704..b8aa268800eb 100644
--- a/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ android {
             signingConfig signingConfigs.release
         }
     }
+
+    // The Flipper dependency pulls in a second runtime library
+    packagingOptions {
+        pickFirst '**/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so'
+        pickFirst '**/x86/libc++_shared.so'
+        pickFirst '**/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so'
+        pickFirst '**/x86_64/libc++_shared.so'
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {