diff --git a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/reactnative/core/RNAnalyticsModule.kt b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/reactnative/core/RNAnalyticsModule.kt
index 30bda19ec..b5841da48 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/reactnative/core/RNAnalyticsModule.kt
+++ b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/reactnative/core/RNAnalyticsModule.kt
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ class RNAnalyticsModule(context: ReactApplicationContext): ReactContextBaseJavaM
             builder.logLevel(Analytics.LogLevel.VERBOSE)
         }
 
+        if(options.getBoolean("trackAppLifecycleEvents")) {
+            builder.trackApplicationLifecycleEvents()
+        }
+
         try {
             Analytics.setSingletonInstance(
                 RNAnalytics.buildWithIntegrations(builder)