diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index a3642acc6..1537240f0 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -1501,6 +1501,25 @@ class SDLInputConnection extends BaseInputConnection {
          * and so we need to generate them ourselves in commitText.  To avoid duplicates on the handful of keys
          * that still do, we empty this out.
          */
+
+        /*
+         * Return DOES still generate a key event, however.  So rather than using it as the 'click a button' key
+         * as we do with physical keyboards, let's just use it to hide the keyboard.
+         */
+
+        if (event.getKeyCode() == 66) {
+            String imeHide = SDLActivity.nativeGetHint("SDL_ANDROID_RETURN_HIDES_IME");
+            if ((imeHide != null) && imeHide.equals("1")) {
+                Context c = SDL.getContext();
+                if (c instanceof SDLActivity) {
+                    SDLActivity activity = (SDLActivity)c;
+                    activity.sendCommand(SDLActivity.COMMAND_TEXTEDIT_HIDE, null);
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
         return super.sendKeyEvent(event);
     }
 
diff --git a/include/SDL_hints.h b/include/SDL_hints.h
index 7184b3dc7..0213daf6c 100644
--- a/include/SDL_hints.h
+++ b/include/SDL_hints.h
@@ -720,6 +720,19 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define SDL_HINT_ANDROID_SEPARATE_MOUSE_AND_TOUCH "SDL_ANDROID_SEPARATE_MOUSE_AND_TOUCH"
 
+ /**
+ * \brief A variable to control whether the return key on the soft keyboard should hide the 
+ * soft keyboard on Android.
+ *
+ * The variable can be set to the following values:
+ *   "0"       - The return key will be handled as a key event. This is the behaviour of 
+ *               SDL <= 2.0.3. (default)
+ *   "1"       - The return key will hide the keyboard.
+ *
+ * The value of this hint is used at runtime, so it can be changed at any time.
+ */
+#define SDL_HINT_ANDROID_RETURN_HIDES_IME "SDL_ANDROID_RETURN_HIDES_IME"
+
 /**
  *  \brief override the binding element for keyboard inputs for Emscripten builds
  *