diff --git a/packages/platform-android/native_modules.gradle b/packages/platform-android/native_modules.gradle
index 73c3f2344..72d83e388 100644
--- a/packages/platform-android/native_modules.gradle
+++ b/packages/platform-android/native_modules.gradle
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ReactNativeModules {
     def cliResolveScript = "console.log(require('@react-native-community/cli').bin);"
     def cliPath = this.getCommandOutput("node -e ${cliResolveScript}")
 
-    def reactNativeConfigCommand = "${cliPath} config"
+    def reactNativeConfigCommand = "node ${cliPath} config"
 
     def reactNativeConfigOutput = this.getCommandOutput(reactNativeConfigCommand)