diff --git a/nix/mobile/android/build.nix b/nix/mobile/android/build.nix
index 83136dc54b74..b9395e2bb2c8 100644
--- a/nix/mobile/android/build.nix
+++ b/nix/mobile/android/build.nix
@@ -149,10 +149,12 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildPhase = let
     adhocEnvVars = optionalString stdenv.isLinux
       "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.zlib ]}";
+    # For debug builds devs should have a chance of getting dependencies from network
+    offlineFlag = if (buildType != "debug") then "--offline " else "" ;
     gradleCommand = ''
       ${pkgs.gradle}/bin/gradle \
       --console=plain \
-      --offline \
+      ${offlineFlag} \
       --no-daemon \
       --no-scan \
       --no-watch-fs \