diff --git a/src/mono/msbuild/android/build/AndroidBuild.targets b/src/mono/msbuild/android/build/AndroidBuild.targets
index 917aed8850669..7a6c5ebd687c3 100644
--- a/src/mono/msbuild/android/build/AndroidBuild.targets
+++ b/src/mono/msbuild/android/build/AndroidBuild.targets
@@ -112,12 +112,21 @@
       <_AotOutputType>ObjectFile</_AotOutputType>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <MonoAOTCompilerDefaultAotArguments Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'arm'" Include="mtriple=armv7-linux-gnueabi" />
-      <MonoAOTCompilerDefaultAotArguments Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'arm64'" Include="mtriple=aarch64-linux-android" />
-      <MonoAOTCompilerDefaultAotArguments Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'x86'" Include="mtriple=i686-linux-android" />
-      <MonoAOTCompilerDefaultAotArguments Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'x64'" Include="mtriple=x86_64-linux-android" />
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <_Triple Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'arm'">armv7-linux-gnueabi</_Triple>
+      <_Triple Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'arm64'">aarch64-linux-android</_Triple>
+      <_Triple Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'x86'">i686-linux-android</_Triple>
+      <_Triple Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'x64'">x86_64-linux-android</_Triple>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <_AsOptions>-target $(_Triple) -c -x assembler</_AsOptions>
+      <_LdName>clang</_LdName>
+      <_LdOptions>-fuse-ld=lld</_LdOptions>
+      <_AsName>clang</_AsName>
+    </PropertyGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
       <MonoAOTCompilerDefaultAotArguments Include="static" />
       <MonoAOTCompilerDefaultAotArguments Include="dwarfdebug" />
       <MonoAOTCompilerDefaultAotArguments Condition="'$(_IsLibraryMode)' == 'true'" Include="direct-icalls" />
@@ -141,19 +150,6 @@
       <AndroidLibraryMinApiLevel Condition="'$(AndroidLibraryMinApiLevel)' == ''">21</AndroidLibraryMinApiLevel>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <NdkToolFinderTask
-      Condition="'$(AOTWithLibraryFiles)' == 'true' or '$(_IsLibraryMode)' == 'true'"
-      Architecture="$(TargetArchitecture)"
-      HostOS="$(_HostOS)"
-      MinApiLevel="$(AndroidLibraryMinApiLevel)">
-      <Output TaskParameter="AsPrefixPath" PropertyName="_AsPrefixPath" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="ToolPrefixPath" PropertyName="_ToolPrefixPath" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="Triple" PropertyName="_Triple" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="LdName" PropertyName="_LdName" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="LdPath" PropertyName="_LdPath" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="ClangPath" PropertyName="_ClangPath" />
-    </NdkToolFinderTask>
-
     <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(AOTWithLibraryFiles)' == 'true' or '$(_IsLibraryMode)' == 'true'">
       <_AsPrefixPath>$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash('$(_AsPrefixPath)'))</_AsPrefixPath>
       <_ToolPrefixPath>$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash('$(_ToolPrefixPath)'))</_ToolPrefixPath>
@@ -221,20 +217,23 @@
 
     <MonoAOTCompiler
         AotModulesTablePath="$(_AotModuleTablePath)"
-        AsPrefix="$(_AsPrefixPath)"
+        AsName="$(_AsName)"
+        AsOptions="$(_AsOptions)"
         Assemblies="@(_AotInputAssemblies)"
         CompilerBinaryPath="$(_CompilerBinaryPath)"
         DirectPInvokes="@(DirectPInvokes)"
         DirectPInvokeLists="@(DirectPInvokeLists)"
         EnableUnmanagedCallersOnlyMethodsExport="$(_EnableUnmanagedCallersOnlyMethodsExport)"
         IntermediateOutputPath="$(_MobileIntermediateOutputPath)"
+        LdName="$(_LdName)"
+        LdOptions="$(_LdOptions)"
         LibraryFormat="$(_AotLibraryFormat)"
         LLVMPath="$(_MonoLLVMPath)"
         MibcProfilePath="@(ProfiledAOTProfilePaths)"
         Mode="$(_AOTMode)"
         OutputDir="$(_MobileIntermediateOutputPath)"
         OutputType="$(_AotOutputType)"
-        ToolPrefix="$(_ToolPrefixPath)"
+        Triple="$(_Triple)"
         UseAotDataFile="$(_UseAotDataFile)"
         UseLLVM="$(MonoEnableLLVM)">
         <Output TaskParameter="CompiledAssemblies" ItemName="_AssembliesToBundleInternal" />
diff --git a/src/mono/sample/Android/AndroidSampleApp.csproj b/src/mono/sample/Android/AndroidSampleApp.csproj
index 7fb665824e5be..573b44ee71053 100644
--- a/src/mono/sample/Android/AndroidSampleApp.csproj
+++ b/src/mono/sample/Android/AndroidSampleApp.csproj
@@ -69,36 +69,40 @@
       <AndroidLibraryMinApiLevel Condition="'$(AndroidLibraryMinApiLevel)' == ''">21</AndroidLibraryMinApiLevel>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <NdkToolFinderTask
-      Condition="'$(AOTWithLibraryFiles)' == 'true'"
-      Architecture="$(TargetArchitecture)"
-      HostOS="$(_HostOS)"
-      MinApiLevel="$(AndroidLibraryMinApiLevel)">
-      <Output TaskParameter="AsPrefixPath" PropertyName="_AsPrefixPath" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="ToolPrefixPath" PropertyName="_ToolPrefixPath" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="Triple" PropertyName="_Triple" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="LdName" PropertyName="_LdName" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="LdPath" PropertyName="_LdPath" />
-      <Output TaskParameter="ClangPath" PropertyName="_ClangPath" />
-    </NdkToolFinderTask>
-
     <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(AOTWithLibraryFiles)' == 'true'">
       <_AsPrefixPath>$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash('$(_AsPrefixPath)'))</_AsPrefixPath>
       <_ToolPrefixPath>$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash('$(_ToolPrefixPath)'))</_ToolPrefixPath>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <_Triple Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'arm'">armv7-linux-gnueabi</_Triple>
+      <_Triple Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'arm64'">aarch64-linux-android</_Triple>
+      <_Triple Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'x86'">i686-linux-android</_Triple>
+      <_Triple Condition="'$(TargetArchitecture)' == 'x64'">x86_64-linux-android</_Triple>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <_AsOptions>-target $(_Triple) -c -x assembler</_AsOptions>
+      <_LdName>clang</_LdName>
+      <_LdOptions>-fuse-ld=lld</_LdOptions>
+      <_AsName>clang</_AsName>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
     <MonoAOTCompiler Condition="'$(ForceAOT)' == 'true'"
         AotModulesTablePath="$(_AotModulesTablePath)"
-        AsPrefix="$(_AsPrefixPath)"
+        AsName="$(_AsName)"
+        AsOptions="$(_AsOptions)"
         Assemblies="@(AotInputAssemblies)"
         CompilerBinaryPath="@(MonoAotCrossCompiler->WithMetadataValue('RuntimeIdentifier','$(TargetOS)-$(TargetArchitecture.ToLowerInvariant())'))"
         IntermediateOutputPath="$(IntermediateOutputPath)"
+        LdName="$(_LdName)"
+        LdOptions="$(_LdOptions)"
         LibraryFormat="$(_AotLibraryFormat)"
         LLVMPath="$(MonoAotCrossDir)"
         Mode="$(_AotMode)"
         OutputDir="$(_MobileIntermediateOutputPath)"
         OutputType="$(_AotOutputType)"
-        ToolPrefix="$(_ToolPrefixPath)"
+        Triple="$(_Triple)"
         UseAotDataFile="false"
         UseLLVM="$(UseLLVM)">
         <Output TaskParameter="CompiledAssemblies" ItemName="BundleAssemblies" />
diff --git a/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.cs b/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.cs
index 89241ebdd85f4..7961b84a1595c 100644
--- a/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.cs
+++ b/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
 using System;
@@ -230,6 +230,16 @@ public class MonoAOTCompiler : Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
     /// </summary>
     public string? ToolPrefix { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Name of the assembler tool ran by the AOT compiler.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? AsName { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Passes as-options to the AOT compiler
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? AsOptions { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Prepends a prefix to the name of the assembler (as) tool ran by the AOT compiler.
     /// </summary>
@@ -277,6 +287,11 @@ public class MonoAOTCompiler : Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
     /// </summary>
     public string? LdFlags { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Passes ld-options to the AOT compiler
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? LdOptions { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Specify WorkingDirectory for the AOT compiler
     /// </summary>
@@ -741,6 +756,16 @@ private PrecompileArguments GetPrecompileArgumentsFor(ITaskItem assemblyItem, st
             aotArgs.Add($"tool-prefix={ToolPrefix}");
         }
 
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(AsName))
+        {
+            aotArgs.Add($"as-name={AsName}");
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(AsOptions))
+        {
+            aotArgs.Add($"as-options={AsOptions}");
+        }
+
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(AsPrefix))
         {
             aotArgs.Add($"as-prefix={AsPrefix}");
@@ -956,6 +981,11 @@ private PrecompileArguments GetPrecompileArgumentsFor(ITaskItem assemblyItem, st
             aotArgs.Add($"ld-flags={LdFlags}");
         }
 
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(LdOptions))
+        {
+            aotArgs.Add($"ld-options={LdOptions}");
+        }
+
         // we need to quote the entire --aot arguments here to make sure it is parsed
         // on Windows as one argument. Otherwise it will be split up into multiple
         // values, which wont work.
diff --git a/src/tasks/MobileBuildTasks/Android/Ndk/NdkTools.cs b/src/tasks/MobileBuildTasks/Android/Ndk/NdkTools.cs
index 6370c49df8540..0741e92dfe811 100644
--- a/src/tasks/MobileBuildTasks/Android/Ndk/NdkTools.cs
+++ b/src/tasks/MobileBuildTasks/Android/Ndk/NdkTools.cs
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ public string ClangPath
 
         private void ValidateRequiredProps(string hostOS)
         {
-            if (Ndk.NdkVersion.Main.Major != 23)
+            if (Ndk.NdkVersion.Main.Major != 27)
             {
-                throw new Exception($"NDK 23 is required. An unsupported NDK version was found ({Ndk.NdkVersion.Main.Major}).");
+                throw new Exception($"NDK 27 is required. An unsupported NDK version was found ({Ndk.NdkVersion.Main.Major}).");
             }
 
             try