diff --git a/android/java/build.gradle b/android/java/build.gradle
index b1f4c8d08..a1d4c3de2 100644
--- a/android/java/build.gradle
+++ b/android/java/build.gradle
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
     gradleVersion = '2.5'
 }
+
+task makeClean(type: Exec) {
+    workingDir '../../'
+    commandLine 'make', 'clean'
+}