diff --git a/android/build.properties b/android/build.properties
index a5af148f2..4bf0a421b 100644
--- a/android/build.properties
+++ b/android/build.properties
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ application-package=com.google.zxing.client.android
 # The name of the output folder.
 #out-folder=bin
 
+external-libs-folder=external-libs