diff --git a/buildozer/targets/android.py b/buildozer/targets/android.py
index 34364b5e8..c0b07f83c 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/android.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/android.py
@@ -244,7 +244,10 @@ def apache_ant_dir(self):
     @property
     def sdkmanager_path(self):
         sdkmanager_path = join(
-            self.android_sdk_dir, 'tools', 'bin', 'sdkmanager')
+            self.android_sdk_dir, 'cmdline-tools', 'bin', 'sdkmanager')
+        if not os.path.isfile(sdkmanager_path):
+            sdkmanager_path = join(
+                self.android_sdk_dir, 'tools', 'bin', 'sdkmanager')
         if not os.path.isfile(sdkmanager_path):
             raise BuildozerException(
                 ('sdkmanager path "{}" does not exist, sdkmanager is not'