diff --git a/platform/android/src/style/layers/custom_layer.cpp b/platform/android/src/style/layers/custom_layer.cpp
index 9bdc308d8..e6321a8ef 100644
--- a/platform/android/src/style/layers/custom_layer.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/src/style/layers/custom_layer.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ namespace android {
         : Layer(map, coreLayer) {
     }
 
+    CustomLayer::CustomLayer(mbgl::Map& map, std::unique_ptr<mbgl::style::CustomLayer> coreLayer)
+            : Layer(map, std::move(coreLayer)) {
+    }
+
     CustomLayer::~CustomLayer() = default;
 
     void CustomLayer::update(jni::JNIEnv&) {
diff --git a/platform/android/src/style/layers/custom_layer.hpp b/platform/android/src/style/layers/custom_layer.hpp
index 1173d21bf..3e3f3bf77 100644
--- a/platform/android/src/style/layers/custom_layer.hpp
+++ b/platform/android/src/style/layers/custom_layer.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ public:
 
     CustomLayer(mbgl::Map&, mbgl::style::CustomLayer&);
 
+    CustomLayer(mbgl::Map&, std::unique_ptr<mbgl::style::CustomLayer>);
+
     ~CustomLayer();
 
     void update(jni::JNIEnv&);