diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index b2169f2f7..a056c32a1 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.compileSdkVersion
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ android {
 
     dependencies {
         compileOnly deps.proguardAnnotations
+        implementation deps.kotlinStdLibrary
+
         implementation deps.openssl
         implementation deps.fbjni
         implementation deps.soloader
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f73a3a758..87f574ba8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ ext {
 }
 
 ext.deps = [
+        // Kotlin support
+        kotlinStdLibrary   : "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$KOTLIN_VERSION",
         // Android support
         supportAnnotations : "androidx.annotation:annotation:$ANDROIDX_VERSION",
         supportAppCompat   : "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$ANDROIDX_VERSION",