diff --git a/lib/services/android-project-service.ts b/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
index aa152eeec9..3ae6e3d5d4 100644
--- a/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,12 @@ class AndroidProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectService
 	
 	private parseProjectProperties(projDir: string, destDir: string): IFuture<void> { // projDir is libraryPath, targetPath is the path to lib folder
 		return (() => {
+			let projProp = path.join(projDir, "project.properties");
+			if (!this.$fs.exists(projProp).wait()) {
+				this.$logger.warn("Warning: File %s does not exist", projProp);
+				return;
+			}
+			
 			let projectPropertiesManager = this.getProjectPropertiesManager(projDir);
 			let references = projectPropertiesManager.getProjectReferences().wait();
 			_.each(references, reference => {