diff --git a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle
index eed9972b5c13ea..d9ab00a1c7f5bd 100644
--- a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle
+++ b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
+            name 'Google'
+        }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
@@ -20,5 +24,9 @@ allprojects {
             // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
             url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
         }
+        maven {
+            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
+            name 'Google'
+        }
     }
 }