diff --git a/.changes/android-kgp-warning-builtin-kotlin b/.changes/android-kgp-warning-builtin-kotlin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..260d04a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/android-kgp-warning-builtin-kotlin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patch type="fixed" "Apply kotlin-android through pluginManager on Android so Flutter no longer warns that livekit_client applies the Kotlin Gradle Plugin when built-in Kotlin is active"
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 97ee768b7..e1debd11f 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ def agpMajor = com.android.Version.ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION.tokenize(".")[0
 def builtInKotlinActive = agpMajor >= 9 &&
     (!project.hasProperty("android.builtInKotlin") ||
         Boolean.parseBoolean(project.property("android.builtInKotlin").toString()))
+// pluginManager.apply, not `apply plugin:`: Flutter's KGP detection greps the
+// build file for a literal `apply plugin: "kotlin-android"` line and would
+// report it even when this guard skips it.
 if (!builtInKotlinActive) {
-    apply plugin: "kotlin-android"
+    pluginManager.apply("kotlin-android")
 }
 
 android {