diff --git a/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/assetPathUtils.js b/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/assetPathUtils.js
index 0207bb7951a..84261469a32 100644
--- a/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/assetPathUtils.js
+++ b/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/assetPathUtils.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function getAndroidAssetSuffix(scale: number): string {
 }
 
 // See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html
-const drawableFileTypes = new Set<string>([
+const drawableFileTypes: Set<string> = new Set<string>([
   'gif',
   'jpeg',
   'jpg',
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ function getBasePath(asset: PackagerAsset): string {
 }
 
 export default {
+  drawableFileTypes,
   getAndroidAssetSuffix,
   getAndroidResourceFolderName,
   getResourceIdentifier,
diff --git a/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/createKeepFileAsync.js b/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/createKeepFileAsync.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd347b6b319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/createKeepFileAsync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow strict-local
+ * @format
+ * @oncall react_native
+ */
+
+import type {AssetData} from 'metro/src/Assets';
+
+import assetPathUtils from './assetPathUtils';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+
+async function createKeepFileAsync(
+  assets: $ReadOnlyArray<AssetData>,
+  outputDirectory: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (!assets.length) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const assetsList = [];
+  for (const asset of assets) {
+    const prefix = assetPathUtils.drawableFileTypes.has(asset.type)
+      ? 'drawable'
+      : 'raw';
+    assetsList.push(
+      `@${prefix}/${assetPathUtils.getResourceIdentifier(asset)}`,
+    );
+  }
+  const keepPath = path.join(outputDirectory, 'raw/keep.xml');
+  const content = `<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" tools:keep="${assetsList.join(',')}" />\n`;
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(keepPath), {recursive: true});
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(keepPath, content);
+}
+
+export default createKeepFileAsync;
diff --git a/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/saveAssets.js b/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/saveAssets.js
index cb40997c322..9f168d7777c 100644
--- a/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/saveAssets.js
+++ b/packages/community-cli-plugin/src/commands/bundle/saveAssets.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   isCatalogAsset,
   writeImageSet,
 } from './assetCatalogIOS';
+import createKeepFileAsync from './createKeepFileAsync';
 import filterPlatformAssetScales from './filterPlatformAssetScales';
 import getAssetDestPathAndroid from './getAssetDestPathAndroid';
 import getAssetDestPathIOS from './getAssetDestPathIOS';
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ async function saveAssets(
   } else {
     assets.forEach(addAssetToCopy);
   }
+  if (platform === 'android') {
+    await createKeepFileAsync(assets, assetsDest);
+  }
 
   return copyAll(filesToCopy);
 }