diff --git a/metadata/com.frozendevs.periodictable.txt b/metadata/com.frozendevs.periodictable.txt
index 99bd25132c..cb5084a555 100644
--- a/metadata/com.frozendevs.periodictable.txt
+++ b/metadata/com.frozendevs.periodictable.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ Build:1.1.0,3
     commit=v1.1.0
     subdir=PeriodicTable
     gradle=yes
+    prebuild=sed -i -e '/classpath/a*\/' build.gradle && sed -i -e '/classpath/iclasspath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.12.+"\n\/*\n' build.gradle
+
+Maintainer Notes:
+Prebuild is a quirk to force a specific gradle version. Upstream says "always use latest gradle".
+.
 
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