diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/res/values/bools.xml b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/res/values/bools.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de1623ff077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/res/values/bools.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+  <bool name="leak_canary_allow_in_non_debuggable_build">true</bool>
+</resources>