diff --git a/android/java/app/build.gradle b/android/java/app/build.gradle
index c0acf868f..7ddd75698 100644
--- a/android/java/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/java/app/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.mapbox.mapboxgl.app"
-        minSdkVersion 18
+        minSdkVersion 17
         targetSdkVersion 21
     }
 
diff --git a/android/java/lib/build.gradle b/android/java/lib/build.gradle
index 9f650bb2a..9a191aba7 100644
--- a/android/java/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/android/java/lib/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.mapbox.mapboxgl.lib"
-        minSdkVersion 18
+        minSdkVersion 17
         targetSdkVersion 21
 
         ndk {
diff --git a/android/java/lib/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxgl/lib/MapView.java b/android/java/lib/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxgl/lib/MapView.java
index f664f2cf0..4ae6d991a 100644
--- a/android/java/lib/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxgl/lib/MapView.java
+++ b/android/java/lib/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxgl/lib/MapView.java
@@ -1116,7 +1116,8 @@ public class MapView extends SurfaceView {
         // Mouse events
         // TODO: SOURCE_TOUCH_NAVIGATION?
         // TODO: source device resolution?
-        if (event.isFromSource(InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER)) {
+        //if (event.isFromSource(InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER)) { // this is not available before API 18
+        if ((event.getSource() & InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER) == InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER) {
             // Choose the action
             switch (event.getActionMasked()) {
             // Mouse scrolls