diff --git a/configuration.c b/configuration.c
index 0ab83424d4..49feb25290 100644
--- a/configuration.c
+++ b/configuration.c
@@ -1636,6 +1636,9 @@ static struct config_uint_setting *populate_settings_uint(settings_t *settings,
    SETTING_UINT("audio_latency",                &settings->uints.audio_latency, false, 0 /* TODO */, false);
    SETTING_UINT("audio_resampler_quality",      &settings->uints.audio_resampler_quality, true, audio_resampler_quality_level, false);
    SETTING_UINT("audio_block_frames",           &settings->uints.audio_block_frames, true, 0, false);
+#ifdef ANDROID
+   SETTING_UINT("input_block_timeout",           &settings->uints.input_block_timeout, true, 1, false);
+#endif
    SETTING_UINT("rewind_granularity",           &settings->uints.rewind_granularity, true, rewind_granularity, false);
    SETTING_UINT("rewind_buffer_size_step",      &settings->uints.rewind_buffer_size_step, true, rewind_buffer_size_step, false);
    SETTING_UINT("autosave_interval",            &settings->uints.autosave_interval,  true, autosave_interval, false);
diff --git a/configuration.h b/configuration.h
index 2e72e25072..78774c1b92 100644
--- a/configuration.h
+++ b/configuration.h
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ typedef struct settings
       unsigned audio_block_frames;
       unsigned audio_latency;
 
+      unsigned input_block_timeout;
+
       unsigned audio_resampler_quality;
 
       unsigned input_turbo_period;
diff --git a/input/drivers/android_input.c b/input/drivers/android_input.c
index 51e7fda5d1..e95c8b13bf 100644
--- a/input/drivers/android_input.c
+++ b/input/drivers/android_input.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #include "../../tasks/tasks_internal.h"
 #include "../../performance_counters.h"
 
+#include "../../configuration.h"
+
 #define MAX_TOUCH 16
 #define MAX_NUM_KEYBOARDS 3
 
@@ -1337,13 +1339,14 @@ static bool android_input_key_pressed(void *data, int key)
  */
 static void android_input_poll(void *data)
 {
+   settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
    int ident;
    unsigned key                    = RARCH_PAUSE_TOGGLE;
    struct android_app *android_app = (struct android_app*)g_android;
 
    while ((ident =
             ALooper_pollAll((android_input_key_pressed(data, key))
-               ? -1 : 1,
+               ? -1 : settings->uints.input_block_timeout,
                NULL, NULL, NULL)) >= 0)
    {
       switch (ident)
diff --git a/intl/msg_hash_lbl.h b/intl/msg_hash_lbl.h
index e2110d7a7f..5ea2874473 100644
--- a/intl/msg_hash_lbl.h
+++ b/intl/msg_hash_lbl.h
@@ -529,6 +529,8 @@ MSG_HASH(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_BIND_TIMEOUT,
       "input_bind_timeout")
 MSG_HASH(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_BIND_HOLD,
       "input_bind_hold")
+MSG_HASH(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT,
+      "input_block_timeout")
 MSG_HASH(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_DESCRIPTOR_HIDE_UNBOUND,
       "input_descriptor_hide_unbound")
 MSG_HASH(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_DESCRIPTOR_LABEL_SHOW,
diff --git a/intl/msg_hash_us.h b/intl/msg_hash_us.h
index 3011feb887..c6a19a232e 100644
--- a/intl/msg_hash_us.h
+++ b/intl/msg_hash_us.h
@@ -1077,6 +1077,10 @@ MSG_HASH(
     MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_INPUT_BIND_HOLD,
     "Bind Hold"
     )
+MSG_HASH(
+    MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT,
+    "Input Block Timeout"
+    )
 MSG_HASH(
     MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_INPUT_DESCRIPTOR_HIDE_UNBOUND,
     "Hide Unbound Core Input Descriptors"
@@ -5239,6 +5243,10 @@ MSG_HASH(
     MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_RUN_AHEAD_FRAMES,
     "The number of frames to run ahead. Causes gameplay issues such as jitter if you exceed the number of lag frames internal to the game."
     )
+MSG_HASH(
+    MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT,
+    "The number of milliseconds to wait to get a complete input sample, use it if you have issues with simultaneous button presses (Android only)."
+    )
 MSG_HASH(
     MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_RUN_AHEAD_SECONDARY_INSTANCE,
     "Use a second instance of the RetroArch core to run ahead. Prevents audio problems due to loading state."
diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_sublabel.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_sublabel.c
index daaccec4f8..4b7cc6ff04 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_sublabel.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_sublabel.c
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ default_sublabel_macro(action_bind_sublabel_run_ahead_enabled,             MENU_
 default_sublabel_macro(action_bind_sublabel_run_ahead_secondary_instance,  MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_RUN_AHEAD_SECONDARY_INSTANCE)
 default_sublabel_macro(action_bind_sublabel_run_ahead_hide_warnings,       MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_RUN_AHEAD_HIDE_WARNINGS)
 default_sublabel_macro(action_bind_sublabel_run_ahead_frames,              MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_RUN_AHEAD_FRAMES)
+default_sublabel_macro(action_bind_sublabel_input_block_timeout,           MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT)
 default_sublabel_macro(action_bind_sublabel_rewind,                        MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_REWIND_ENABLE)
 default_sublabel_macro(action_bind_sublabel_cheat_apply_after_toggle,      MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_CHEAT_APPLY_AFTER_TOGGLE)
 default_sublabel_macro(action_bind_sublabel_cheat_apply_after_load,        MENU_ENUM_SUBLABEL_CHEAT_APPLY_AFTER_LOAD)
@@ -1702,6 +1703,9 @@ int menu_cbs_init_bind_sublabel(menu_file_list_cbs_t *cbs,
          case MENU_ENUM_LABEL_RUN_AHEAD_FRAMES:
             BIND_ACTION_SUBLABEL(cbs, action_bind_sublabel_run_ahead_frames);
             break;
+         case MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT:
+            BIND_ACTION_SUBLABEL(cbs, action_bind_sublabel_input_block_timeout);
+            break;
          case MENU_ENUM_LABEL_FASTFORWARD_RATIO:
             BIND_ACTION_SUBLABEL(cbs, action_bind_sublabel_fastforward_ratio);
             break;
diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index ea826ea13f..3fbf5563a2 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -7090,7 +7090,12 @@ bool menu_displaylist_ctl(enum menu_displaylist_ctl_state type, menu_displaylist
                MENU_ENUM_LABEL_RUN_AHEAD_HIDE_WARNINGS,
                PARSE_ONLY_BOOL, false) == 0)
             count++;
-
+#ifdef ANDROID
+         if (menu_displaylist_parse_settings_enum(menu, info,
+               MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT,
+               PARSE_ONLY_UINT, false) == 0)
+            count++;
+#endif
          if (count == 0)
             menu_entries_append_enum(info->list,
                   msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_NO_SETTINGS_FOUND),
diff --git a/menu/menu_setting.c b/menu/menu_setting.c
index 486eeb3e66..afc6cf603c 100644
--- a/menu/menu_setting.c
+++ b/menu/menu_setting.c
@@ -7386,6 +7386,21 @@ static bool setting_append_list(
                SD_FLAG_ADVANCED
                );
 
+         CONFIG_UINT(
+            list, list_info,
+            &settings->uints.input_block_timeout,
+            MENU_ENUM_LABEL_INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT,
+            MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT,
+            1,
+            &group_info,
+            &subgroup_info,
+            parent_group,
+            general_write_handler,
+            general_read_handler);
+         (*list)[list_info->index - 1].action_ok = &setting_action_ok_uint;
+         (*list)[list_info->index - 1].offset_by = 1;
+         menu_settings_list_current_add_range(list, list_info, 0, 4, 1, true, true);
+
          CONFIG_BOOL(
                list, list_info,
                &settings->bools.menu_throttle_framerate,
diff --git a/msg_hash.h b/msg_hash.h
index 77ccddc701..0f8c83f856 100644
--- a/msg_hash.h
+++ b/msg_hash.h
@@ -1478,6 +1478,7 @@ enum msg_hash_enums
    MENU_LABEL(RUN_AHEAD_SECONDARY_INSTANCE),
    MENU_LABEL(RUN_AHEAD_HIDE_WARNINGS),
    MENU_LABEL(RUN_AHEAD_FRAMES),
+   MENU_LABEL(INPUT_BLOCK_TIMEOUT),
    MENU_LABEL(TURBO),
 
    /* Privacy settings */