diff --git a/Android/testbed/app/build.gradle.kts b/Android/testbed/app/build.gradle.kts
index 14d43d8c4d5c42..07de2a3403c7f4 100644
--- a/Android/testbed/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/Android/testbed/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ android {
         path("src/main/c/CMakeLists.txt")
     }
 
-    // Set this property to something non-empty, otherwise it'll use the default
-    // list, which ignores asset directories beginning with an underscore.
-    aaptOptions.ignoreAssetsPattern = ".git"
+    // Set this property to something nonexistent but non-empty. Otherwise it'll use the
+    // default list, which ignores asset directories beginning with an underscore, and
+    // maybe also other files required by tests.
+    aaptOptions.ignoreAssetsPattern = "android-testbed-dont-ignore-anything"
 
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
@@ -229,6 +230,12 @@ androidComponents.onVariants { variant ->
                     from(cwd)
                 }
             }
+
+            // A filename ending with .gz will be automatically decompressed
+            // while building the APK. Avoid this by adding a dash to the end,
+            // and add an extra dash to any filenames that already end with one.
+            // This will be undone in MainActivity.kt.
+            rename(""".*(\.gz|-)""", "$0-")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Android/testbed/app/src/main/java/org/python/testbed/MainActivity.kt b/Android/testbed/app/src/main/java/org/python/testbed/MainActivity.kt
index 5727b0fe6c30c0..dc49cdb9a9f739 100644
--- a/Android/testbed/app/src/main/java/org/python/testbed/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/Android/testbed/app/src/main/java/org/python/testbed/MainActivity.kt
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ class PythonTestRunner(val context: Context) {
                 continue
             }
             input.use {
-                File(targetSubdir, name).outputStream().use { output ->
+                // Undo the .gz workaround from build.gradle.kts.
+                val outputName = name.replace(Regex("""(.*)-"""), "$1")
+                File(targetSubdir, outputName).outputStream().use { output ->
                     input.copyTo(output)
                 }
             }