diff --git a/android/gltfio-android/src/main/cpp/AssetLoader.cpp b/android/gltfio-android/src/main/cpp/AssetLoader.cpp
index 4d97837461b..77231418d18 100644
--- a/android/gltfio-android/src/main/cpp/AssetLoader.cpp
+++ b/android/gltfio-android/src/main/cpp/AssetLoader.cpp
@@ -263,6 +263,48 @@ Java_com_google_android_filament_gltfio_AssetLoader_nCreateAsset(JNIEnv* env, jc
             buffer.getSize());
 }
 
+
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+Java_com_google_android_filament_gltfio_AssetLoader_nCreateAssetLoaderExtended(JNIEnv* env, jclass,
+                                                                               jlong nativeEngine, jobject provider, jlong nativeEntities, jstring filePath) {
+    Engine* engine = (Engine*) nativeEngine;
+    MaterialProvider* materialProvider = nullptr;
+
+    // First check for a fast path that passes a native MaterialProvider into the loader.
+    // This drastically reduces the number of JNI calls while the asset is being loaded.
+    jclass klass = env->GetObjectClass(provider);
+    jmethodID getNativeObject = env->GetMethodID(klass, "getNativeObject", "()J");
+    if (getNativeObject) {
+        materialProvider = (MaterialProvider*) env->CallLongMethod(provider, getNativeObject);
+    } else {
+        env->ExceptionClear();
+    }
+
+    if (materialProvider == nullptr) {
+        materialProvider = new JavaMaterialProvider(env, provider);
+    }
+
+    EntityManager* entities = (EntityManager*) nativeEntities;
+    NameComponentManager* names = new NameComponentManager(*entities);
+
+    const char *nativeFilePath = env->GetStringUTFChars(filePath, nullptr);
+
+    AssetConfigurationExtended ext = {
+            .gltfPath = nativeFilePath
+    };
+
+    AssetConfiguration config = {
+            .engine = engine,
+            .materials = materialProvider,
+            .names = names,
+            .ext = &ext,
+    };
+
+    env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(filePath, nativeFilePath);
+
+    return (jlong) AssetLoader::create(config);
+}
+
 extern "C" JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
 Java_com_google_android_filament_gltfio_AssetLoader_nCreateInstancedAsset(JNIEnv* env, jclass,
         jlong nativeLoader, jobject javaBuffer, jint remaining, jlongArray instances) {
diff --git a/android/gltfio-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/gltfio/AssetLoader.java b/android/gltfio-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/gltfio/AssetLoader.java
index 60da99720ad..5882e8b6b2e 100644
--- a/android/gltfio-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/gltfio/AssetLoader.java
+++ b/android/gltfio-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/gltfio/AssetLoader.java
@@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ public AssetLoader(@NonNull Engine engine, @NonNull MaterialProvider provider,
         mMaterialCache = provider;
     }
 
+    public AssetLoader(@NonNull Engine engine, @NonNull MaterialProvider provider,
+                       @NonNull EntityManager entities, String filePath) {
+
+        long nativeEngine = engine.getNativeObject();
+        long nativeEntities = entities.getNativeObject();
+        if (filePath == null) {
+            mNativeObject = nCreateAssetLoader(nativeEngine, provider, nativeEntities);
+        } else {
+            mNativeObject = nCreateAssetLoaderExtended(nativeEngine, provider, nativeEntities, filePath);
+        }
+
+        if (mNativeObject == 0) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to parse glTF asset.");
+        }
+
+        mEngine = engine;
+        mMaterialCache = provider;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Frees all memory consumed by the native <code>AssetLoader</code>
      *
@@ -190,6 +209,8 @@ public void destroyAsset(@NonNull FilamentAsset asset) {
 
     private static native long nCreateAssetLoader(long nativeEngine, Object provider,
             long nativeEntities);
+    private static native long nCreateAssetLoaderExtended(long nativeEngine, Object provider,
+                                                          long nativeEntities, String filePath);
     private static native void nDestroyAssetLoader(long nativeLoader);
     private static native long nCreateAsset(long nativeLoader, Buffer buffer, int remaining);
     private static native long nCreateInstancedAsset(long nativeLoader, Buffer buffer, int remaining,
diff --git a/libs/gltfio/src/AssetLoader.cpp b/libs/gltfio/src/AssetLoader.cpp
index 8c179c4b450..eafb0c9095c 100644
--- a/libs/gltfio/src/AssetLoader.cpp
+++ b/libs/gltfio/src/AssetLoader.cpp
@@ -1690,8 +1690,10 @@ void FAssetLoader::importSkins(FFilamentInstance* instance, const cgltf_data* gl
     }
 }
 
+// Including support for Android
+// See https://github.com/google/filament/discussions/7851#discussioncomment-9453369
 bool AssetConfigurationExtended::isSupported() {
-#if defined(__ANDROID__) || defined(IOS) || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
+#if defined(IOS) || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
     return false;
 #else
     return true;