diff --git a/docs/android.services.md b/docs/android.services.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..429cd2a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/android.services.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+A name-value pair for an item of additional, arbitrary data that can be supplied to the application.
+
+Equivalent to
+[`<service>`](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/service-element).
+
+Example:
+
+```xml
+<application>
+  <service
+      android:name="com.example.locationService"
+      android:exported="true"
+      android:foregroundServiceType="location" />
+</application>
+```
+
+becomes
+
+```json
+{
+  "android": {
+    "services": [
+      {
+        "android:name": "com.example.locationService",
+        "android:exported": true,
+        "android:foregroundServiceType": "location"
+      }
+    ],
+  }
+}
+```
+
+<details>
diff --git a/packages/app/android/android-manifest.js b/packages/app/android/android-manifest.js
index 7bb2014a6..40f08788f 100644
--- a/packages/app/android/android-manifest.js
+++ b/packages/app/android/android-manifest.js
@@ -109,6 +109,31 @@ function generateAndroidManifest(appManifestPath, manifestOutput, fs = nodefs) {
     }
   }
 
+  // https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/service-element
+  const services = android.services;
+  if (Array.isArray(services)) {
+    const names = ["android:name"];
+    const attributes = [
+      "android:description",
+      "android:directBootAware",
+      "android:enabled",
+      "android:exported",
+      "android:foregroundServiceType",
+      "android:icon",
+      "android:isolatedProcess",
+      "android:label",
+      "android:name",
+      "android:permission",
+      "android:process",
+      "android:stopWithTask",
+    ];
+    const entries = toXML(services, names, attributes, attributeNamePrefix);
+
+    if (entries.length > 0) {
+      manifest.application["service"] = entries;
+    }
+  }
+
   const builder = new XMLBuilder(xmlOptions);
   fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(manifestOutput), { recursive: true, mode: 0o755 });
   fs.writeFileSync(manifestOutput, builder.build(xml));
diff --git a/packages/app/scripts/types.ts b/packages/app/scripts/types.ts
index 0ceee097c..766676388 100644
--- a/packages/app/scripts/types.ts
+++ b/packages/app/scripts/types.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,33 @@ export type AndroidConfig = {
       "android:name": string;
       "android:value": string;
     }[];
+    services?: {
+      "android:name": string;
+      "android:description": string;
+      "android:directBootAware": "true" | "false";
+      "android:enabled": "true" | "false";
+      "android:exported": "true" | "false";
+      "android:foregroundServiceType":
+        | "camera"
+        | "connectedDevice"
+        | "dataSync"
+        | "health"
+        | "location"
+        | "mediaPlayback"
+        | "mediaProjection"
+        | "microphone"
+        | "phoneCall"
+        | "remoteMessaging"
+        | "shortService"
+        | "specialUse"
+        | "systemExempted";
+      "android:icon": string;
+      "android:isolatedProcess": "true" | "false";
+      "android:label": string;
+      "android:permission": string;
+      "android:process": string;
+      "android:stopWithTask": "true" | "false";
+    }[];
   };
 };
 
@@ -37,6 +64,7 @@ export type AndroidManifest = {
   "uses-permission": Record<string, string>[];
   application: {
     "meta-data": Record<string, string>[];
+    service: Record<string, string>[];
   };
 };