diff --git a/victor/src/main/groovy/com/trello/victor/VictorPlugin.groovy b/victor/src/main/groovy/com/trello/victor/VictorPlugin.groovy
index 696ad40..349f745 100644
--- a/victor/src/main/groovy/com/trello/victor/VictorPlugin.groovy
+++ b/victor/src/main/groovy/com/trello/victor/VictorPlugin.groovy
@@ -20,15 +20,32 @@ import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection
 import org.gradle.api.internal.file.DefaultSourceDirectorySet
+import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
 
 class VictorPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
     void apply(Project project) {
         project.extensions.create('victor', VictorPluginExtension)
 
+        // We can either implement our own SourceDirectorySet (which is a PITA)
+        // or we can suffer the lesser pains of accessing internal APIs
+        final boolean useNewSourceDirectorySet =
+            GradleVersion.current().compareTo(GradleVersion.version("2.12")) >= 0
+
         // Add 'svg' as a source set extension
         project.android.sourceSets.all { sourceSet ->
-            sourceSet.extensions.create('svg', DefaultSourceDirectorySet, 'svg', project.fileResolver)
+            if (useNewSourceDirectorySet) {
+                Class defaultFileTreeFactoryClass =
+                    Class.forName("org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultDirectoryFileTreeFactory")
+
+                sourceSet.extensions.create('svg', DefaultSourceDirectorySet, 'svg',
+                    project.fileResolver,
+                    defaultFileTreeFactoryClass.getConstructor().newInstance())
+            }
+            else {
+                sourceSet.extensions.create('svg', DefaultSourceDirectorySet, 'svg',
+                    project.fileResolver)
+            }
         }
 
         project.afterEvaluate {