diff --git a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
index 1b9652b59464f..025ee0747dfb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
@@ -164,12 +164,29 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
           java-version: "11"
+      # Required for CMake when building workmanager.
+      - name: "Install Ninja"
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
+            sudo apt-get install ninja-build
+          elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
+            brew install ninja
+          elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
+            choco install ninja
+          else
+            echo "Failed to install ninja due to unsupport OS: $RUNNER_OS"
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
       - name: "Set environment variables"
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -x
           echo "DIST_DIR=$HOME/dist" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # Make ninja visible to CMAKE
+          echo "CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which ninja)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/ndk/23.1.7779620" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       # gradle action loads the dependencies cache only on the first run based on arguments.
       # to control it, we explicitly invoke it once which makes it load the dependencies cache with the parameters
       # we control