diff --git a/mobile/android/config/proguard/appcompat-v7-keeps.cfg b/mobile/android/config/proguard/appcompat-v7-keeps.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdaa2a4aa960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/config/proguard/appcompat-v7-keeps.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Avoid https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=187611 and
+# http://stackoverflow.com/q/32813894 when building with Gradle.  Why
+# these aren't defined in appcompat-v7.aar/proguard.txt is beyond me.
+
+-keep public class android.support.v7.widget.** { *; }
+-keep public class android.support.v7.internal.widget.** { *; }
+-keep public class android.support.v7.internal.view.menu.** { *; }
+
+-keep public class * extends android.support.v4.view.ActionProvider {
+    public <init>(android.content.Context);
+}
diff --git a/mobile/android/config/proguard/proguard.cfg b/mobile/android/config/proguard/proguard.cfg
index 319d181f554d..64b04a3f2312 100644
--- a/mobile/android/config/proguard/proguard.cfg
+++ b/mobile/android/config/proguard/proguard.cfg
@@ -250,3 +250,4 @@
 
 -include "leakcanary-keeps.cfg"
 
+-include "appcompat-v7-keeps.cfg"