diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/content/android_content_Context.c b/src/api-impl-jni/content/android_content_Context.c
index 98d5a973..7bf696b7 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/content/android_content_Context.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/content/android_content_Context.c
@@ -11,10 +11,18 @@
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_content_Context_native_1updateConfig(JNIEnv *env, jclass class, jobject config)
 {
 	GtkSettings *settings = gtk_settings_get_default();
-	gchar *theme_name;
-	g_object_get(settings, "gtk-theme-name", &theme_name, NULL);
-	bool night_mode = strcasestr(theme_name, "dark") || strcasestr(theme_name, "black");
+	char *theme_name;
+	gboolean prefer_dark = false;
+	gboolean theme_name_from_env = false;
+
+	theme_name = getenv("GTK_THEME");
+	theme_name_from_env = theme_name != NULL;
+	if (!theme_name_from_env)
+		g_object_get(settings, "gtk-theme-name", &theme_name, "gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme", &prefer_dark, NULL);
+	bool night_mode = prefer_dark || strcasestr(theme_name, "dark") || strcasestr(theme_name, "black");
 	if (night_mode) {
 		_SET_INT_FIELD(config, "uiMode", /*UI_MODE_NIGHT_YES*/ 0x20);
 	}
-}
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+	if (!theme_name_from_env)
+		g_free(theme_name);
+}