diff --git a/scripts/lib/android-helper.js b/scripts/lib/android-helper.js
index a7e2e3a8f..87006f573 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/android-helper.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/android-helper.js
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ function addDependencies(buildGradle) {
   // find the known line to match
   var match = buildGradle.match(/^(\s*)classpath 'com.android.tools.build(.*)/m);
   var whitespace = match[1];
-
+  
   // modify the line to add the necessary dependencies
   var googlePlayDependency = whitespace + 'classpath \'com.google.gms:google-services:4.1.0\' // google-services dependency from cordova-plugin-firebase';
   var fabricDependency = whitespace + 'classpath \'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.25.4\' // fabric dependency from cordova-plugin-firebase'
   var modifiedLine = match[0] + '\n' + googlePlayDependency + '\n' + fabricDependency;
-
+  
   // modify the actual line
   return buildGradle.replace(/^(\s*)classpath 'com.android.tools.build(.*)/m, modifiedLine);
 }
 
 /*
- * Add Crashlytics repos to the repository list
+ * Add 'google()' to the repository repo list
  */
 function addRepos(buildGradle) {
   // find the known line to match
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ function addRepos(buildGradle) {
   var whitespace = match[1];
 
   // modify the line to add the necessary repo
+  var googlesMavenRepo = whitespace + 'google() // Google\'s Maven repository from cordova-plugin-firebase';
   var fabricMavenRepo = whitespace + 'maven { url \'https://maven.fabric.io/public\' } // Fabrics Maven repository from cordova-plugin-firebase'
-  var modifiedLine = match[0] + '\n' + fabricMavenRepo;
+  var modifiedLine = match[0] + '\n' + googlesMavenRepo + '\n' + fabricMavenRepo;
 
   // modify the actual line
   return buildGradle.replace(/^(\s*)jcenter\(\)/m, modifiedLine);
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // Add Google Play Services Dependency
     buildGradle = addDependencies(buildGradle);
-
+  
     // Add Google's Maven Repo
     buildGradle = addRepos(buildGradle);
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // remove any lines we added
     buildGradle = buildGradle.replace(/(?:^|\r?\n)(.*)cordova-plugin-firebase*?(?=$|\r?\n)/g, '');
-
+  
     writeRootBuildGradle(buildGradle);
   }
-};
+};
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