diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f87cab8570b..10e782a33ea8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project(Reanimated)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ find_package(react-native-worklets REQUIRED CONFIG)
 add_library(reanimated SHARED ${REANIMATED_COMMON_CPP_SOURCES}
                               ${REANIMATED_ANDROID_CPP_SOURCES})
 
+target_precompile_headers(reanimated PRIVATE
+                          "${ANDROID_CPP_DIR}/ReanimatedPCH.h")
+
 if(ReactAndroid_VERSION_MINOR GREATER_EQUAL 80)
   include(
     "${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}/ReactCommon/cmake-utils/react-native-flags.cmake")
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
index 8167d16df2b2..5485d4aaf9b8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ if (project == rootProject) {
 apply plugin: "com.android.library"
 apply plugin: "maven-publish"
 
+apply from: "./generate-stub-pch.gradle.kts"
+
 android {
     compileSdkVersion safeExtGet("compileSdkVersion", 36)
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/generate-stub-pch.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/generate-stub-pch.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a900f9015baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/generate-stub-pch.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
+
+// Workaround for Android Studio's C++ analyzer surfacing errors during Gradle
+// Sync when CMake's precompiled header binary (`cmake_pch.hxx.pch`, generated
+// from `ReanimatedPCH.h`) hasn't been built yet. The project compiles fine,
+// but on a clean sync the IDE can't index sources without the PCH binary. See
+// the underlying issue: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/187448826
+
+// Generates minimal stub `.pch` files from an empty header so the IDE's C++
+// engine doesn't fail during sync. The actual build regenerates the real PCH
+// files via ninja because we set each stub PCH's mtime older than its source
+// (`cmake_pch.hxx.cxx`).
+
+// Adapted from Expo's PR: https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/45921
+
+val cxxDir = project.file(".cxx")
+
+val generateStubPCHTask = tasks.register("generateStubPCH") {
+    dependsOn("configureCMakeDebug")
+    doLast {
+        if (!cxxDir.exists()) {
+            return@doLast
+        }
+        cxxDir.walkTopDown().forEach { file ->
+            if (file.name != "compile_commands.json") {
+                return@forEach
+            }
+            @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+            val entries = JsonSlurper().parseText(file.readText()) as List<Map<String, Any>>
+            entries.forEach entry@{ entry ->
+                val entryFile = entry["file"] as String
+                if (!entryFile.endsWith("cmake_pch.hxx.cxx")) {
+                    return@entry
+                }
+                val pchFile = File(entryFile.substring(0, entryFile.length - ".cxx".length) + ".pch")
+                if (!pchFile.exists() || pchFile.length() == 0L) {
+                    pchFile.parentFile.mkdirs()
+
+                    val command = entry["command"] as String
+                    val compiler = command.split(" ").first()
+                    val target = Regex("""--target=\S+""").find(command)!!.value
+                    val sysroot = Regex("""--sysroot=\S+""").find(command)!!.value
+
+                    val stubHeader = File(pchFile.parentFile, "stub_pch.hxx")
+                    stubHeader.writeText("")
+
+                    val process = ProcessBuilder(
+                        compiler,
+                        target,
+                        sysroot,
+                        "-x", "c++-header",
+                        "-o", pchFile.absolutePath,
+                        stubHeader.absolutePath,
+                    )
+                        .directory(File(entry["directory"] as String))
+                        .redirectErrorStream(true)
+                        .start()
+                    process.outputStream.close()
+                    if (process.waitFor() != 0) {
+                        throw GradleException(
+                            "Stub PCH generation failed: ${process.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()}",
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+                // Ensure PCH is older than source so ninja rebuilds the real one during build
+                pchFile.setLastModified(File(entryFile).lastModified() - 1)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Register `prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel` if absent (Android Studio sync needs it
+// to exist so the stub PCH generation runs) or configure it if some other plugin
+// already registered it (e.g. on CI, where re-registering throws `Cannot add task
+// 'prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel' as a task with that name already exists.`).
+if (tasks.findByName("prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel") == null) {
+    tasks.register("prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel") {
+        dependsOn(generateStubPCHTask)
+    }
+} else {
+    tasks.named("prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel") {
+        dependsOn(generateStubPCHTask)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/cpp/ReanimatedPCH.h b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/cpp/ReanimatedPCH.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f8e23b160cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/cpp/ReanimatedPCH.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// IWYU pragma: begin_keep
+
+// C++ standard library
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <functional>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <optional>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+// fbjni
+#include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
+
+// folly
+#include <folly/Conv.h>
+#include <folly/Expected.h>
+#include <folly/Format.h>
+#include <folly/dynamic.h>
+#include <folly/json/dynamic.h>
+
+// jsi
+#include <jsi/JSIDynamic.h>
+#include <jsi/jsi.h>
+
+// react-native renderer (Fabric)
+#include <react/renderer/components/root/RootProps.h>
+#include <react/renderer/components/root/RootShadowNode.h>
+#include <react/renderer/components/view/BaseViewProps.h>
+#include <react/renderer/components/view/ViewProps.h>
+#include <react/renderer/core/EventDispatcher.h>
+#include <react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h>
+#include <react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.h>
+#include <react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h>
+
+// IWYU pragma: end_keep
diff --git a/packages/react-native-worklets/android/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/CMakeLists.txt
index 120f2cebb56f..608f9bb2413e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-worklets/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project(Worklets)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ endif()
 add_library(worklets SHARED ${WORKLETS_COMMON_CPP_SOURCES}
                             ${WORKLETS_ANDROID_CPP_SOURCES})
 
+target_precompile_headers(worklets PRIVATE
+                          "${ANDROID_CPP_DIR}/WorkletsPCH.h")
+
 if(ReactAndroid_VERSION_MINOR GREATER_EQUAL 80)
   include(
     "${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}/ReactCommon/cmake-utils/react-native-flags.cmake")
diff --git a/packages/react-native-worklets/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/build.gradle
index 159d9fd841a9..1594cd245c5e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-worklets/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/build.gradle
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ if (project == rootProject) {
 }
 
 apply from: "./fix-prefab.gradle"
+apply from: "./generate-stub-pch.gradle.kts"
 
 
 android {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-worklets/android/generate-stub-pch.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/generate-stub-pch.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12585edd630c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/generate-stub-pch.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
+
+// Workaround for Android Studio's C++ analyzer surfacing errors during Gradle
+// Sync when CMake's precompiled header binary (`cmake_pch.hxx.pch`, generated
+// from `WorkletsPCH.h`) hasn't been built yet. The project compiles fine,
+// but on a clean sync the IDE can't index sources without the PCH binary. See
+// the underlying issue: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/187448826
+
+// Generates minimal stub `.pch` files from an empty header so the IDE's C++
+// engine doesn't fail during sync. The actual build regenerates the real PCH
+// files via ninja because we set each stub PCH's mtime older than its source
+// (`cmake_pch.hxx.cxx`).
+
+// Adapted from Expo's PR: https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/45921
+
+val cxxDir = project.file(".cxx")
+
+val generateStubPCHTask = tasks.register("generateStubPCH") {
+    dependsOn("configureCMakeDebug")
+    doLast {
+        if (!cxxDir.exists()) {
+            return@doLast
+        }
+        cxxDir.walkTopDown().forEach { file ->
+            if (file.name != "compile_commands.json") {
+                return@forEach
+            }
+            @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+            val entries = JsonSlurper().parseText(file.readText()) as List<Map<String, Any>>
+            entries.forEach entry@{ entry ->
+                val entryFile = entry["file"] as String
+                if (!entryFile.endsWith("cmake_pch.hxx.cxx")) {
+                    return@entry
+                }
+                val pchFile = File(entryFile.substring(0, entryFile.length - ".cxx".length) + ".pch")
+                if (!pchFile.exists() || pchFile.length() == 0L) {
+                    pchFile.parentFile.mkdirs()
+
+                    val command = entry["command"] as String
+                    val compiler = command.split(" ").first()
+                    val target = Regex("""--target=\S+""").find(command)!!.value
+                    val sysroot = Regex("""--sysroot=\S+""").find(command)!!.value
+
+                    val stubHeader = File(pchFile.parentFile, "stub_pch.hxx")
+                    stubHeader.writeText("")
+
+                    val process = ProcessBuilder(
+                        compiler,
+                        target,
+                        sysroot,
+                        "-x", "c++-header",
+                        "-o", pchFile.absolutePath,
+                        stubHeader.absolutePath,
+                    )
+                        .directory(File(entry["directory"] as String))
+                        .redirectErrorStream(true)
+                        .start()
+                    process.outputStream.close()
+                    if (process.waitFor() != 0) {
+                        throw GradleException(
+                            "Stub PCH generation failed: ${process.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()}",
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+                // Ensure PCH is older than source so ninja rebuilds the real one during build
+                pchFile.setLastModified(File(entryFile).lastModified() - 1)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Register `prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel` if absent (Android Studio sync needs it
+// to exist so the stub PCH generation runs) or configure it if some other plugin
+// already registered it (e.g. on CI, where re-registering throws `Cannot add task
+// 'prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel' as a task with that name already exists.`).
+if (tasks.findByName("prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel") == null) {
+    tasks.register("prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel") {
+        dependsOn(generateStubPCHTask)
+    }
+} else {
+    tasks.named("prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel") {
+        dependsOn(generateStubPCHTask)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-worklets/android/src/main/cpp/WorkletsPCH.h b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/src/main/cpp/WorkletsPCH.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0347fc99b98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-worklets/android/src/main/cpp/WorkletsPCH.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// IWYU pragma: begin_keep
+
+// C++ standard library
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <functional>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+// fbjni
+#include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
+
+// jsi
+#include <jsi/jsi.h>
+
+// IWYU pragma: end_keep
diff --git a/scripts/clang-tidy-lint.sh b/scripts/clang-tidy-lint.sh
index 5449aaf4f3f6..79358b8472a7 100755
--- a/scripts/clang-tidy-lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/clang-tidy-lint.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ if [ ! -f "compile_commands.json" ]; then
   )
 fi
 
-run-clang-tidy -quiet -p . -header-filter="^.*/$1/.*\.h$" "$1"
+ndk_bin="$(grep -oE '/[^ "]+/clang\+\+' compile_commands.json | head -1 | xargs dirname)"
+
+run-clang-tidy -quiet -p . -clang-tidy-binary "$ndk_bin/clang-tidy" \
+  -header-filter="^.*/$1/.*\.h$" "$1"