diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fdca500..dd28900 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "start": "expo start",
     "android": "expo run:android",
     "android:release": "rm -rf android/app/build/generated/assets/react && ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_reactNativeArchitectures=arm64-v8a expo run:android --variant release",
-    "android:preview": "rm -rf android/app/build/generated/assets/react && ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_reactNativeArchitectures=arm64-v8a expo run:android --variant preview --no-bundler",
+    "android:preview": "rm -rf android/app/build/generated/assets/react && NODE_ENV=production BABEL_ENV=production ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_reactNativeArchitectures=arm64-v8a expo run:android --variant preview --no-bundler",
     "ios": "expo run:ios",
     "web": "expo start --web",
     "lint": "expo lint",
diff --git a/plugins/withAstraAndroidRelease.test.mjs b/plugins/withAstraAndroidRelease.test.mjs
index 61c328d..d3804cb 100644
--- a/plugins/withAstraAndroidRelease.test.mjs
+++ b/plugins/withAstraAndroidRelease.test.mjs
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ test('adds an idempotent side-by-side Astra Dev preview build', () => {
   assert.equal(_internal.addPreviewBuildType(transformed), transformed);
 });
 
+test('builds the side-by-side preview with production JS transforms', async () => {
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(
+    await readFile(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url), 'utf8')
+  );
+  const previewCommand = packageJson.scripts?.['android:preview'];
+
+  assert.equal(typeof previewCommand, 'string');
+  assert.match(previewCommand, /(?:^|\s)NODE_ENV=production(?:\s|$)/);
+  assert.match(previewCommand, /(?:^|\s)BABEL_ENV=production(?:\s|$)/);
+  assert.match(previewCommand, /--variant preview(?:\s|$)/);
+});
+
 test('appendBlock adds a native block exactly once', () => {
   const once = _internal.appendBlock('base\n', _internal.SETTINGS_MARKER, `\n${_internal.SETTINGS_MARKER}\nblock\n`);
   const twice = _internal.appendBlock(once, _internal.SETTINGS_MARKER, `\n${_internal.SETTINGS_MARKER}\nblock\n`);