diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 8d6841831..55b2e954d 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 			<receiver android:name="org.apache.cordova.firebase.OnNotificationOpenReceiver"></receiver>
 		</config-file>
 		<resource-file src="src/android/google-services.json" target="."/>
+		<resource-file src="src/android/cordova-plugin-firebase-strings.xml" target="res/values/cordova-plugin-firebase-strings.xml" />
 		<source-file src="src/android/FirebasePlugin.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/firebase" />
 		<source-file src="src/android/OnNotificationOpenReceiver.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/firebase" />
 		<source-file src="src/android/FirebasePluginInstanceIDService.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/firebase" />
diff --git a/src/android/cordova-plugin-firebase-strings.xml b/src/android/cordova-plugin-firebase-strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f1d32cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/cordova-plugin-firebase-strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<resources>
+    <string name="default_notification_channel_id">fcm_default_channel</string>
+    <string name="default_notification_channel_name">Default</string>
+</resources>
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