diff --git a/build/commands/lib/config.js b/build/commands/lib/config.js
index 5c2882c6285..06263a059ce 100755
--- a/build/commands/lib/config.js
+++ b/build/commands/lib/config.js
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ Config.prototype.buildArgs = function () {
     if (this.buildConfig !== 'Release') {
       // treat non-release builds like Debug builds
       args.treat_warnings_as_errors = false
+      // TODO(samartnik): component builds crash at the moment on Android.
+      // We will need to revert this change once this fix is landed in upstream
+      // https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1166748#c14
+      args.is_component_build = false
     } else {
       // otherwise there is build error
       // ld.lld: error: output file too large: 5861255936 bytes