diff --git a/dist/.shellrc b/dist/.shellrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f847ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/.shellrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export ANDROID_HOME='/opt/android-sdk'
+export PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin"
+export PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools"
diff --git a/dist/pacman.sh b/dist/pacman.sh
index 2f6176e..cf4c3c7 100755
--- a/dist/pacman.sh
+++ b/dist/pacman.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ else
     yes | su - "$BUILD_USER" -c "paru -S --noconfirm ${paru_packages[*]}"
     yes | su - "$BUILD_USER" -c "yes | sdkmanager --licenses"
     yes | su - "$BUILD_USER" -c "yes | sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm gradle"
+    # check if bashrc or zshrc contains sdkman initialization, if not add it
+    SHELL_RC_CONTENT="$(echo dist/.shellrc)"
+    echo "Checking shell rc for sdkman initialization..."
+    yes | su - "$BUILD_USER" -c "if [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]]; then echo ${SHELL_RC_CONTENT} >> ~/.bashrc; fi else if [[ -f ~/.zshrc ]]; then echo ${SHELL_RC_CONTENT} >> ~/.zshrc; fi"
 fi