diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease_clone.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease_clone.sh
index 05685377a..6bdac1da3 100755
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease_clone.sh
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease_clone.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 set -e -u
 
 usage () {
-    echo "usage: $(basename $0) [--tag tagname | --branch branchname]"
+    echo "usage: $(basename $0) [--tag tagname | --branch branchname] [--variant variant]"
     echo "   # (uses current branch as default)"
     exit 0
 }
 
 TAG=""
 BRANCH=""
+VARIANT="XWords4"
 
 while [ 0 -lt $# ] ; do
     case $1 in
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ while [ 0 -lt $# ] ; do
             BRANCH=$2
             shift
             ;;
+        --variant)
+            VARIANT=$2
+            shift
+            ;;
         *)
             usage
             ;;
@@ -28,6 +33,8 @@ while [ 0 -lt $# ] ; do
     shift
 done
 
+echo "VARIANT=$VARIANT"
+
 if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
     if ! git tag | grep -w "$TAG"; then
         echo "tag $TAG not found"
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ elif [ -z $BRANCH ]; then
     BRANCH=$(git branch | grep '^*' | sed 's,^.* ,,')
 fi
 
-echo "building with ${TAG}${BRANCH}"
+echo "building $VARIANT with ${TAG}${BRANCH}"
 
 BUILDIR=/tmp/$(basename $0)_build_$$
 SRCDIR=$(pwd)/$(dirname $0)/../../../
@@ -49,9 +56,11 @@ cd $BUILDIR
 git clone $SRCDIR BUILD
 cd BUILD
 git checkout ${TAG}${BRANCH}
-./xwords4/android/scripts/setup_local_props.sh
-./xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh
-cp *.apk /tmp
+cd ./xwords4/android/${VARIANT}
+../scripts/setup_local_props.sh
+../scripts/arelease.sh --variant ${VARIANT}
+mkdir /tmp/releases_${VARIANT}
+cp *.apk /tmp/releases_${VARIANT}
 
 cd $CURDIR
 rm -rf $BUILDIR