diff --git a/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts b/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
index a0daf8202f..c13aff6359 100644
--- a/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
@@ -519,6 +519,11 @@ export class IOSProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectServ
 			if(opts && opts.executePodInstall && this.$fs.exists(pluginPodFilePath).wait()) {
 				this.executePodInstall().wait();
 			}
+
+			let project = this.createPbxProj();
+			project.updateBuildProperty("IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET", "8.0");
+			this.$logger.info("The iOS Deployment Target is now 8.0 in order to support Cocoa Touch Frameworks.");
+			this.savePbxProj(project).wait();
 		}).future<void>()();
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/ios-project-service.ts b/test/ios-project-service.ts
index 3908366680..04743c645e 100644
--- a/test/ios-project-service.ts
+++ b/test/ios-project-service.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ describe("Cocoapods support", () => {
 			iOSProjectService.prepareStaticLibs = (pluginPlatformsFolderPath: string, pluginData: IPluginData): IFuture<void> => {
 				return Future.fromResult();
 			};
+			iOSProjectService.createPbxProj = () => {
+				return {
+					updateBuildProperty: () => { return {}; }
+				};
+			};
+			iOSProjectService.savePbxProj = (): IFuture<void> => Future.fromResult();
 
 			let pluginPath = temp.mkdirSync("pluginDirectory");
 			let pluginPlatformsFolderPath = path.join(pluginPath, "platforms", "ios");
@@ -137,6 +143,12 @@ describe("Cocoapods support", () => {
 			iOSProjectService.removeStaticLibs = (pluginPlatformsFolderPath: string, pluginData: IPluginData): IFuture<void> => {
 				return Future.fromResult();
 			};
+			iOSProjectService.createPbxProj = () => {
+				return {
+					updateBuildProperty: () => { return {}; }
+				};
+			};
+			iOSProjectService.savePbxProj = (): IFuture<void> => Future.fromResult();
 
 			let pluginPath = temp.mkdirSync("pluginDirectory");
 			let pluginPlatformsFolderPath = path.join(pluginPath, "platforms", "ios");