diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 5dfc225ad..73b7b2f13 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ android {
     if (agpVersion.tokenize('.')[0].toInteger() >= 7) {
         namespace "com.horcrux.svg"
     }
+    if (agpVersion.tokenize('.')[0].toInteger() >= 8) {
+        buildFeatures {
+            buildConfig = true
+        }
+    }
     // Used to override the NDK path/version on internal CI or by allowing
     // users to customize the NDK path/version from their root project (e.g. for M1 support)
     if (rootProject.hasProperty("ndkPath")) {