diff --git a/buildozer/default.spec b/buildozer/default.spec
index 612f79e..b33a62d 100644
--- a/buildozer/default.spec
+++ b/buildozer/default.spec
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ android.allow_backup = True
 # (int) port number to specify an explicit --port= p4a argument (eg for bootstrap flask)
 #p4a.port =
 
+# Control passing the --use-setup-py vs --ignore-setup-py to p4a
+# "in the future" --use-setup-py is going to be the default behaviour in p4a, right now it is not
+# Setting this to false will pass --ignore-setup-py, true will pass --use-setup-py
+# NOTE: this is general setuptools integration, having pyproject.toml is enough, no need to generate
+# setup.py if you're using Poetry, but you need to add "toml" to source.include_exts.
+#p4a.setup_py = false
+
 
 #
 # iOS specific
diff --git a/buildozer/targets/android.py b/buildozer/targets/android.py
index 6d9be36..b8738bf 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/android.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/android.py
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
         if port is not None:
             self.extra_p4a_args += ' --port={}'.format(port)
 
+        setup_py = self.buildozer.config.getdefault('app', 'p4a.setup_py', False)
+        if setup_py:
+            self.extra_p4a_args += ' --use-setup-py'
+        else:
+            self.extra_p4a_args += ' --ignore-setup-py'
+
         self.warn_on_deprecated_tokens()
 
     def warn_on_deprecated_tokens(self):
diff --git a/tests/targets/test_android.py b/tests/targets/test_android.py
index 09af719..6e127bc 100644
--- a/tests/targets/test_android.py
+++ b/tests/targets/test_android.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class TestTargetAndroid:
         assert (
             target_android.extra_p4a_args == (
                 ' --color=always'
-                ' --storage-dir="{buildozer_dir}/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a" --ndk-api=21'.format(
+                ' --storage-dir="{buildozer_dir}/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a" --ndk-api=21 --ignore-setup-py'.format(
                 buildozer_dir=buildozer.buildozer_dir)
             )
         )