diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index e613395c..62a3c7e5 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ext {
     // crash at startup.
     // Bootstrap of a different variant must not be manually installed by the user after app installation
     // by replacing $PREFIX since app code is dependant on the variant used to build the APK.
-    // Currently supported values are: [ "apt-android-7" ]
+    // Currently supported values are: [ "apt-android-7" "apt-android-5" ]
     packageVariant = System.getenv("TERMUX_PACKAGE_VARIANT") ?: "apt-android-7" // Default: "apt-android-7"
 }
 
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ task downloadBootstraps() {
             downloadBootstrap("arm", "f8ec9505081b81da0ee66413762c52e6cb4a6ebd7be1a2a5ddee8953e0795dc9", version)
             downloadBootstrap("i686", "0491f12ed84a5ef3c28bd742311fed9f176e32100a2c6bbdb017df8f48044484", version)
             downloadBootstrap("x86_64", "94073a0e136bf5a9c05c1997a55dc261248f4ccb8bffaa9a950a132529cd1529", version)
+        } else if (packageVariant == "apt-android-5") {
+            def version = "2022.04.25-r1" + "+" + packageVariant
+            downloadBootstrap("aarch64", "66eac22c1626cfa8c37f0d30e5cc987bf5e01356ef8c883a12d9b65c93b60e64", version)
+            downloadBootstrap("arm", "84637d87f176bd647c9e05b161ae4de3611773871727b11405076a54cbf43467", version)
+            downloadBootstrap("i686", "20d7c399bfba5de95309838effb782a2b16e9eff4f72a55150617ee513e25fea", version)
+            downloadBootstrap("x86_64", "ae35f4d17027df562e241835299d7e711944825f10c1c2d9c5eb91d5e247daba", version)
         } else {
             throw new GradleException("Unsupported TERMUX_PACKAGE_VARIANT \"" + packageVariant + "\"")
         }
diff --git a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/termux/TermuxBootstrap.java b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/termux/TermuxBootstrap.java
index 7480dcff..50ccef15 100644
--- a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/termux/TermuxBootstrap.java
+++ b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/termux/TermuxBootstrap.java
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ public class TermuxBootstrap {
         return PackageVariant.APT_ANDROID_7.equals(TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_VARIANT);
     }
 
-    ///** Is {@link PackageVariant#APT_ANDROID_5} set as {@link #TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_VARIANT}. */
-    //public static boolean isAppPackageVariantAPTAndroid5() {
-    //    return PackageVariant.APT_ANDROID_5.equals(TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_VARIANT);
-    //}
+    /** Is {@link PackageVariant#APT_ANDROID_5} set as {@link #TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_VARIANT}. */
+    public static boolean isAppPackageVariantAPTAndroid5() {
+        return PackageVariant.APT_ANDROID_5.equals(TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_VARIANT);
+    }
 
     ///** Is {@link PackageVariant#TAPM_ANDROID_7} set as {@link #TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_VARIANT}. */
     //public static boolean isAppPackageVariantTAPMAndroid7() {
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ public class TermuxBootstrap {
     public enum PackageVariant {
 
         /** {@link PackageManager#APT} variant for Android 7+. */
-        APT_ANDROID_7("apt-android-7");
+        APT_ANDROID_7("apt-android-7"),
 
-        ///** {@link PackageManager#APT} variant for Android 5+. */
-        //APT_ANDROID_5("apt-android-5");
+        /** {@link PackageManager#APT} variant for Android 5+. */
+        APT_ANDROID_5("apt-android-5");
 
         ///** {@link PackageManager#TAPM} variant for Android 7+. */
         //TAPM_ANDROID_7("tapm-android-7");