diff --git a/packages/platform-android/native_modules.gradle b/packages/platform-android/native_modules.gradle
index b82f32541..c1a2ee2d3 100644
--- a/packages/platform-android/native_modules.gradle
+++ b/packages/platform-android/native_modules.gradle
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class ReactNativeModules {
 
         HashMap reactNativeModuleConfig = new HashMap<String, String>()
         reactNativeModuleConfig.put("name", name)
-        reactNativeModuleConfig.put("nameCleansed", name.replaceAll('/', '_'))
+        reactNativeModuleConfig.put("nameCleansed", name.replaceAll('^@([\\w-]+)/', '$1_'))
         reactNativeModuleConfig.put("androidSourceDir", androidConfig["sourceDir"])
         reactNativeModuleConfig.put("packageInstance", androidConfig["packageInstance"])
         reactNativeModuleConfig.put("packageImportPath", androidConfig["packageImportPath"])