diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index ee3d4d303..d23fcbda9 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -72,7 +72,16 @@ import com.android.build.OutputFile
  * ]
  */
 
+  project.ext.vectoricons = [
+    // Name of the font files you want to copy
+    iconFontNames: [
+      'FontAwesome.ttf',
+      'MaterialIcons.ttf',
+      'Octicons.ttf']
+  ]
+
 apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
+apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"
 apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-code-push/android/codepush.gradle"
 apply from: project(':react-native-config').projectDir.getPath() + "/dotenv.gradle"