diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-papayas-fix.md b/.changeset/eighty-papayas-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cba08307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eighty-papayas-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@rnef/platform-android': patch
+---
+
+fix: React Native gradle plugin path resolution for PNPM
diff --git a/packages/platform-android/template/android/settings.gradle b/packages/platform-android/template/android/settings.gradle
index df7ed6c17..af72359cd 100644
--- a/packages/platform-android/template/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/packages/platform-android/template/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-pluginManagement { includeBuild("../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin") }
+pluginManagement {
+    apply from: "./utils.gradle"
+    def reactNativePath = resolveNodeModule('react-native', rootDir)
+    def gradlePluginPath = resolveNodeModule('@react-native/gradle-plugin', reactNativePath)
+
+    settings.ext.gradlePluginPath = gradlePluginPath.path
+    includeBuild(gradlePluginPath.path)
+}
+
 plugins { id("com.facebook.react.settings") }
 extensions.configure(com.facebook.react.ReactSettingsExtension){ ex -> ex.autolinkLibrariesFromCommand(['npx', 'rnef', 'config', '-p', 'android']) }
+
 rootProject.name = 'HelloWorld'
+
 include ':app'
-includeBuild('../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin')
+includeBuild(ext.gradlePluginPath)
diff --git a/packages/platform-android/template/android/utils.gradle b/packages/platform-android/template/android/utils.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5cd51fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/platform-android/template/android/utils.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+ext.resolveNodeModule = { String packageName, File startDir ->
+    def candidate = new File(startDir, "node_modules/$packageName")
+
+    if (candidate.exists()) {
+        return candidate.canonicalFile
+    }
+
+    def parentDir = startDir.parentFile
+    if (parentDir == null || startDir.canonicalPath == parentDir.canonicalPath) {
+        throw new GradleException("Failed to find the package '$packageName'. Ensure you have installed node_modules.")
+    }
+
+    return resolveNodeModule(packageName, parentDir)
+}