diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
index 185fdc2947..ff21203013 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
@@ -377,6 +377,18 @@ static void onInputQueueDestroyed(ANativeActivity* activity,
    android_app_set_input((struct android_app*)activity->instance, NULL);
 }
 
+static void onContentRectChanged(ANativeActivity *activity,
+      const ARect *rect)
+{
+   struct android_app *instance = (struct android_app*)activity->instance;
+   unsigned width = rect->right - rect->left;
+   unsigned height = rect->bottom - rect->top;
+   RARCH_LOG("Content rect changed: %u x %u\n", width, height);
+   instance->content_rect.changed = true;
+   instance->content_rect.width   = width;
+   instance->content_rect.height  = height;
+}
+
 JNIEnv *jni_thread_getenv(void)
 {
    JNIEnv *env;
@@ -486,6 +498,7 @@ void ANativeActivity_onCreate(ANativeActivity* activity,
    activity->callbacks->onNativeWindowDestroyed = onNativeWindowDestroyed;
    activity->callbacks->onInputQueueCreated     = onInputQueueCreated;
    activity->callbacks->onInputQueueDestroyed   = onInputQueueDestroyed;
+   activity->callbacks->onContentRectChanged    = onContentRectChanged;
 
    /* These are set only for the native activity,
     * and are reset when it ends. */
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.h b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.h
index 75f5578967..8a0485e6bc 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.h
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.h
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ struct android_app
    jmethodID setScreenOrientation;
    jmethodID getUserLanguageString;
    jmethodID doVibrate;
+
+   struct
+   {
+      unsigned width, height;
+      bool changed;
+   } content_rect;
 };
 
 enum
diff --git a/gfx/drivers_context/android_ctx.c b/gfx/drivers_context/android_ctx.c
index aeb6ed5f87..d48ae81f6a 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers_context/android_ctx.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers_context/android_ctx.c
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ static void android_gfx_ctx_check_window(void *data, bool *quit,
       bool *resize, unsigned *width, unsigned *height,
       bool is_shutdown)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_VULKAN
+   struct android_app *android_app = (struct android_app*)g_android;
+#endif
+
    unsigned new_width       = 0;
    unsigned new_height      = 0;
    android_ctx_data_t *and  = (android_ctx_data_t*)data;
@@ -234,11 +238,17 @@ static void android_gfx_ctx_check_window(void *data, bool *quit,
          break;
       case GFX_CTX_VULKAN_API:
 #ifdef HAVE_VULKAN
+         if (android_app->content_rect.changed)
+         {
+             and->vk.need_new_swapchain = true;
+             android_app->content_rect.changed = false;
+         }
+
          /* Swapchains are recreated in set_resize as a
           * central place, so use that to trigger swapchain reinit. */
          *resize    = and->vk.need_new_swapchain;
-         new_width  = and->width;
-         new_height = and->height;
+         new_width  = android_app->content_rect.width;
+         new_height = android_app->content_rect.height;
 #endif
          break;
       case GFX_CTX_NONE:
@@ -276,8 +286,8 @@ static bool android_gfx_ctx_set_resize(void *data,
    {
       case GFX_CTX_VULKAN_API:
 #ifdef HAVE_VULKAN
-         and->width  = ANativeWindow_getWidth(android_app->window);
-         and->height = ANativeWindow_getHeight(android_app->window);
+         and->width  = android_app->content_rect.width;
+         and->height = android_app->content_rect.height;
          RARCH_LOG("[Android]: Native window size: %u x %u.\n", and->width, and->height);
          if (!vulkan_create_swapchain(&and->vk, and->width, and->height, and->swap_interval))
          {