diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/utils/SettingsFile.java b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/utils/SettingsFile.java
index 8a89cc83b588..a57b116e2a6b 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/utils/SettingsFile.java
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/utils/SettingsFile.java
@@ -336,6 +336,11 @@ else if ((current != null))
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (fileName.equals(SettingsFile.FILE_NAME_DOLPHIN))
+		{
+			addGcPadSettingsIfTheyDontExist(sections);
+		}
+
 		return sections;
 	}
 
@@ -398,6 +403,23 @@ private static SettingSection sectionFromLine(String line)
 		return new SettingSection(sectionName);
 	}
 
+	private static void addGcPadSettingsIfTheyDontExist(HashMap<String, SettingSection> sections)
+	{
+		SettingSection coreSection = sections.get(SettingsFile.SECTION_CORE);
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+		{
+			String key = SettingsFile.KEY_GCPAD_TYPE + i;
+			if (coreSection.getSetting(key) == null)
+			{
+				Setting gcPadSetting = new IntSetting(key, SettingsFile.SECTION_CORE, SettingsFile.SETTINGS_DOLPHIN, 0);
+				coreSection.putSetting(gcPadSetting);
+			}
+		}
+
+		sections.put(SettingsFile.SECTION_CORE, coreSection);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * For a line of text, determines what type of data is being represented, and returns
 	 * a Setting object containing this data.