diff --git a/ports/servoshell/egl/ohos/simpleservo.rs b/ports/servoshell/egl/ohos/simpleservo.rs
index 5ba9ab9d6cf..77719eaa5f8 100644
--- a/ports/servoshell/egl/ohos/simpleservo.rs
+++ b/ports/servoshell/egl/ohos/simpleservo.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::ptr::NonNull;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use dpi::PhysicalSize;
-use log::{debug, info};
+use log::{debug, info, warn};
 use raw_window_handle::{
     DisplayHandle, OhosDisplayHandle, OhosNdkWindowHandle, RawDisplayHandle, RawWindowHandle,
     WindowHandle,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub fn init(
     info!("Entered simpleservo init function");
     crate::init_crypto();
     let resource_dir = PathBuf::from(&options.resource_dir).join("servo");
-    resources::set(Box::new(ResourceReaderInstance::new(resource_dir)));
+    resources::set(Box::new(ResourceReaderInstance::new(resource_dir.clone())));
 
     // It would be nice if `from_cmdline_args()` could accept str slices, to avoid allocations here.
     // Then again, this code could and maybe even should be disabled in production builds.
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ pub fn init(
     );
     debug!("Servo commandline args: {:?}", args);
 
+    let _ = crate::prefs::DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR
+        .set(resource_dir)
+        .inspect_err(|e| {
+            warn!(
+                "Default Prefs Dir already previously filled. Got error {}",
+                e.display()
+            );
+        });
+
     let (opts, preferences, servoshell_preferences) = match parse_command_line_arguments(args) {
         ArgumentParsingResult::ContentProcess(..) => {
             unreachable!("OHOS does not have support for multiprocess yet.")
diff --git a/ports/servoshell/prefs.rs b/ports/servoshell/prefs.rs
index afd82de1be3..ef5506614ec 100644
--- a/ports/servoshell/prefs.rs
+++ b/ports/servoshell/prefs.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::{read_to_string, File};
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_env = "ohos"))]
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use std::{env, fs, process};
 
 use euclid::Size2D;
@@ -90,9 +92,12 @@ pub fn default_config_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     Some(config_dir)
 }
 
+/// Overrides the default preference dir
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_env = "ohos"))]
+pub(crate) static DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_env = "ohos"))]
 pub fn default_config_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-    None
+    DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR.get().cloned()
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]