diff --git a/android/java/app/build.gradle b/android/java/app/build.gradle
index 7ddd75698..11cb3c14d 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 17
+        minSdkVersion 15
         targetSdkVersion 21
     }
 
diff --git a/android/java/lib/build.gradle b/android/java/lib/build.gradle
index 9a191aba7..5378d8c73 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 17
+        minSdkVersion 15
         targetSdkVersion 21
 
         ndk {