diff --git a/android/3rd_party/google-play-services_lib/custom_rules.xml b/android/3rd_party/google-play-services_lib/custom_rules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b816f40a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/3rd_party/google-play-services_lib/custom_rules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project name="MapsWithMe" default="help">
+
+  <target name="production" depends="release">
+  </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/android/3rd_party/google-play-services_lib/project.properties b/android/3rd_party/google-play-services_lib/project.properties
index db721fd897..91d2b02460 100644
--- a/android/3rd_party/google-play-services_lib/project.properties
+++ b/android/3rd_party/google-play-services_lib/project.properties
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 #proguard.config=${sdk.dir}/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt:proguard-project.txt
 
 # Project target.
-target=android-8
+target=android-19
 android.library=true