diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/compose-android-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/compose-android-packages.nix
index 9125d3140e22..690f9712a10c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/compose-android-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/compose-android-packages.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, requireFile, makeWrapper, unzip, autoPatchelfHook, pkgs, pkgs_i686}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, requireFile, makeWrapper, unzip, autoPatchelfHook, pkgs, pkgs_i686, licenseAccepted ? false}:
 
 { toolsVersion ? "25.2.5"
 , platformToolsVersion ? "28.0.1"
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 , includeExtras ? []
 }:
 
+if !licenseAccepted then throw ''
+    You must accept the Android Software Development Kit License Agreement at
+    https://developer.android.com/studio/terms
+    by setting nixpkgs config option 'android_sdk.accept_license = true;'
+  ''
+else assert licenseAccepted;
+
 let
   inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl makeWrapper unzip;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/default.nix
index b7aaccd37632..925601054225 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}
 , pkgs_i686 ? import <nixpkgs> { system = "i686-linux"; }
+, licenseAccepted ? false
 }:
 
 rec {
   composeAndroidPackages = import ./compose-android-packages.nix {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl requireFile makeWrapper unzip autoPatchelfHook;
-    inherit pkgs pkgs_i686;
+    inherit pkgs pkgs_i686 licenseAccepted;
   };
 
   buildApp = import ./build-app.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ba6d60fef872..679a9b059193 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ in
 
   androidenv = callPackage ../development/mobile/androidenv {
     pkgs_i686 = pkgsi686Linux;
-    #licenseAccepted = (config.android_sdk.accept_license or false);
+    licenseAccepted = config.android_sdk.accept_license or false;
   };
 
   androidndkPkgs = androidndkPkgs_17c;