diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/watchfiles/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/watchfiles/__init__.py
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+from pythonforandroid.recipe import RustCompiledComponentsRecipe
+
+
+class WatchfilesRecipe(RustCompiledComponentsRecipe):
+    version = "1.1.1"
+    url = (
+        "https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchfiles/archive/refs/tags/v{version}.tar.gz"
+    )
+
+    def get_recipe_env(self, arch, **kwargs):
+        env = super().get_recipe_env(arch, **kwargs)
+        env["ANDROID_API_LEVEL"] = str(self.ctx.ndk_api)
+        return env
+
+
+recipe = WatchfilesRecipe()