diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/CHANGELOG.md
index 816457564de8..2d53566fb0d3 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-## NEXT
+## 2.0.28
 
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.3/Dart 2.18.
+* Adds support for getDownloadsDirectory in Android
 
 ## 2.0.27
 
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/lib/path_provider_android.dart b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/lib/path_provider_android.dart
index f5c74f540253..a87eace03dc6 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/lib/path_provider_android.dart
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/lib/path_provider_android.dart
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ class PathProviderAndroid extends PathProviderPlatform {
   }
 
   @override
-  Future<String?> getDownloadsPath() {
-    throw UnsupportedError('getDownloadsPath is not supported on Android');
+  Future<String?> getDownloadsPath() async {
+    final List<String>? paths =
+        await getExternalStoragePaths(type: StorageDirectory.downloads);
+    if (paths != null && paths.isNotEmpty) {
+      return paths.first;
+    }
+    return null;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/pubspec.yaml
index ee8317394652..f0a82fac98bc 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: path_provider_android
 description: Android implementation of the path_provider plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+path_provider%22
-version: 2.0.27
+version: 2.0.28
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.18.0 <4.0.0"
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ dependencies:
   path_provider_platform_interface: ^2.0.1
 
 dev_dependencies:
+  build_runner: ^2.3.2
   flutter_test:
     sdk: flutter
   integration_test:
     sdk: flutter
+  mockito: 5.4.1
   pigeon: ^9.2.4
   test: ^1.16.0
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart
index e3011474a2a3..0567a3b2fbf1 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:mockito/annotations.dart';
+import 'package:mockito/mockito.dart';
 import 'package:path_provider_android/messages.g.dart' as messages;
 import 'package:path_provider_android/path_provider_android.dart';
 import 'package:path_provider_platform_interface/path_provider_platform_interface.dart';
 import 'messages_test.g.dart';
+import 'path_provider_android_test.mocks.dart';
 
 const String kTemporaryPath = 'temporaryPath';
 const String kApplicationSupportPath = 'applicationSupportPath';
@@ -37,14 +40,17 @@ class _Api implements TestPathProviderApi {
   String? getTemporaryPath() => kTemporaryPath;
 }
 
+@GenerateMocks(<Type>[TestPathProviderApi])
 void main() {
   TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
 
   group('PathProviderAndroid', () {
+    late MockTestPathProviderApi mockApi;
     late PathProviderAndroid pathProvider;
 
     setUp(() async {
       pathProvider = PathProviderAndroid();
+      mockApi = MockTestPathProviderApi();
       TestPathProviderApi.setup(_Api());
     });
 
@@ -89,13 +95,20 @@ void main() {
       });
     } // end of for-loop
 
-    test('getDownloadsPath fails', () async {
-      try {
-        await pathProvider.getDownloadsPath();
-        fail('should throw UnsupportedError');
-      } catch (e) {
-        expect(e, isUnsupportedError);
-      }
+    test('getDownloadsPath succeeds', () async {
+      when(mockApi.getExternalStoragePaths(messages.StorageDirectory.downloads))
+          .thenReturn(<String?>[kDownloadsPath]);
+      final List<String?> path =
+          mockApi.getExternalStoragePaths(messages.StorageDirectory.downloads);
+      expect(path.first, kDownloadsPath);
+    });
+
+    test('getDownloadsPath null', () async {
+      when(mockApi.getExternalStoragePaths(messages.StorageDirectory.downloads))
+          .thenReturn(<String?>[null]);
+      final List<String?> path =
+          mockApi.getExternalStoragePaths(messages.StorageDirectory.downloads);
+      expect(path.first, null);
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.mocks.dart b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.mocks.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2471dc166b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.mocks.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Mocks generated by Mockito 5.4.1 from annotations
+// in path_provider_android/test/path_provider_android_test.dart.
+// Do not manually edit this file.
+
+// @dart=2.19
+
+// ignore_for_file: no_leading_underscores_for_library_prefixes
+import 'package:mockito/mockito.dart' as _i1;
+import 'package:path_provider_android/messages.g.dart' as _i3;
+
+import 'messages_test.g.dart' as _i2;
+
+// ignore_for_file: type=lint
+// ignore_for_file: avoid_redundant_argument_values
+// ignore_for_file: avoid_setters_without_getters
+// ignore_for_file: comment_references
+// ignore_for_file: implementation_imports
+// ignore_for_file: invalid_use_of_visible_for_testing_member
+// ignore_for_file: prefer_const_constructors
+// ignore_for_file: unnecessary_parenthesis
+// ignore_for_file: camel_case_types
+// ignore_for_file: subtype_of_sealed_class
+
+/// A class which mocks [TestPathProviderApi].
+///
+/// See the documentation for Mockito's code generation for more information.
+class MockTestPathProviderApi extends _i1.Mock
+    implements _i2.TestPathProviderApi {
+  MockTestPathProviderApi() {
+    _i1.throwOnMissingStub(this);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  List<String?> getExternalCachePaths() => (super.noSuchMethod(
+        Invocation.method(
+          #getExternalCachePaths,
+          [],
+        ),
+        returnValue: <String?>[],
+      ) as List<String?>);
+  @override
+  List<String?> getExternalStoragePaths(_i3.StorageDirectory? directory) =>
+      (super.noSuchMethod(
+        Invocation.method(
+          #getExternalStoragePaths,
+          [directory],
+        ),
+        returnValue: <String?>[],
+      ) as List<String?>);
+}