diff --git a/osu.Android/GameplayScreenRotationLocker.cs b/osu.Android/GameplayScreenRotationLocker.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25bd659a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Android/GameplayScreenRotationLocker.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using Android.Content.PM;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Game;
+
+namespace osu.Android
+{
+    public class GameplayScreenRotationLocker : Component
+    {
+        private Bindable<bool> localUserPlaying;
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private OsuGameActivity gameActivity { get; set; }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(OsuGame game)
+        {
+            localUserPlaying = game.LocalUserPlaying.GetBoundCopy();
+            localUserPlaying.BindValueChanged(updateLock, true);
+        }
+
+        private void updateLock(ValueChangedEvent<bool> userPlaying)
+        {
+            gameActivity.RunOnUiThread(() =>
+            {
+                gameActivity.RequestedOrientation = userPlaying.NewValue ? ScreenOrientation.Locked : ScreenOrientation.FullUser;
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Android/OsuGameActivity.cs b/osu.Android/OsuGameActivity.cs
index db73bb7e7f..7e250dce0e 100644
--- a/osu.Android/OsuGameActivity.cs
+++ b/osu.Android/OsuGameActivity.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace osu.Android
     [Activity(Theme = "@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar", MainLauncher = true, ScreenOrientation = ScreenOrientation.FullUser, SupportsPictureInPicture = false, ConfigurationChanges = ConfigChanges.Orientation | ConfigChanges.ScreenSize, HardwareAccelerated = false)]
     public class OsuGameActivity : AndroidGameActivity
     {
-        protected override Framework.Game CreateGame() => new OsuGameAndroid();
+        protected override Framework.Game CreateGame() => new OsuGameAndroid(this);
 
         protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
         {
diff --git a/osu.Android/OsuGameAndroid.cs b/osu.Android/OsuGameAndroid.cs
index 7542a2b997..21d6336b2c 100644
--- a/osu.Android/OsuGameAndroid.cs
+++ b/osu.Android/OsuGameAndroid.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using Android.App;
 using Android.OS;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Game;
 using osu.Game.Updater;
 
@@ -11,6 +12,15 @@ namespace osu.Android
 {
     public class OsuGameAndroid : OsuGame
     {
+        [Cached]
+        private readonly OsuGameActivity gameActivity;
+
+        public OsuGameAndroid(OsuGameActivity activity)
+            : base(null)
+        {
+            gameActivity = activity;
+        }
+
         public override Version AssemblyVersion
         {
             get
@@ -55,6 +65,12 @@ namespace osu.Android
             }
         }
 
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+            LoadComponentAsync(new GameplayScreenRotationLocker(), Add);
+        }
+
         protected override UpdateManager CreateUpdateManager() => new SimpleUpdateManager();
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Android/osu.Android.csproj b/osu.Android/osu.Android.csproj
index 0598a50530..a2638e95c8 100644
--- a/osu.Android/osu.Android.csproj
+++ b/osu.Android/osu.Android.csproj
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <AndroidLinkTool>r8</AndroidLinkTool>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="GameplayScreenRotationLocker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="OsuGameActivity.cs" />
     <Compile Include="OsuGameAndroid.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -53,4 +54,4 @@
     <AndroidResource Include="Resources\drawable\lazer.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.CSharp.targets" />
-</Project>
+</Project>
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