diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactExtension.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactExtension.kt
index c6c85ba26e5..0d582772ac6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactExtension.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/ReactExtension.kt
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ abstract class ReactExtension @Inject constructor(project: Project) {
   val devDisabledInVariants: ListProperty<String> =
       objects.listProperty(String::class.java).convention(emptyList())
 
+  /**
+   * Functional interface to disable dev mode only on specific [BaseVariant] Default: will check
+   * [devDisabledInVariants] or return True for Release variants and False for Debug variants.
+   */
+  var disableDevForVariant: (BaseVariant) -> Boolean = { variant ->
+    variant.name in devDisabledInVariants.get() || variant.isRelease
+  }
+
   /**
    * Variant Name to Boolean map that allows to toggle the bundle command for a specific variant.
    * Default: {}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
index b14b138cc72..12700ec5724 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ internal fun Project.configureReactTasks(variant: BaseVariant, config: ReactExte
             }
         it.execCommand = execCommand
         it.bundleCommand = config.bundleCommand.get()
-        it.devEnabled = !(variant.name in config.devDisabledInVariants.get() || isRelease)
+        it.devEnabled = !config.disableDevForVariant(variant)
         it.entryFile = detectedEntryFile(config)
 
         val extraArgs = mutableListOf<String>()
diff --git a/react.gradle b/react.gradle
index 528b7a0c36b..d903659f7f0 100644
--- a/react.gradle
+++ b/react.gradle
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ def hermesFlagsForVariant = config.hermesFlagsForVariant ?: {
         return hermesFlags
 }
 
+// Set disableDevForVariant to a function to configure per variant,
+// defaults to `devDisabledIn${targetName}` or True for Release variants and False for debug variants
+def disableDevForVariant = config.disableDevForVariant ?: {
+    def variant -> config."devDisabledIn${variant.name.capitalize()}" || variant.name.toLowerCase().contains("release")
+}
+
 // Set deleteDebugFilesForVariant to a function to configure per variant,
 // defaults to True for Release variants and False for debug variants
 def deleteDebugFilesForVariant = config.deleteDebugFilesForVariant ?: {
@@ -172,8 +178,7 @@ afterEvaluate {
             workingDir(reactRoot)
 
             // Set up dev mode
-            def devEnabled = !(config."devDisabledIn${targetName}"
-                || targetName.toLowerCase().contains("release"))
+            def devEnabled = !disableDevForVariant(variant)
 
             def extraArgs = []