diff --git a/android/.gitignore b/android/.gitignore
index de8c48f7..cabef984 100644
--- a/android/.gitignore
+++ b/android/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 /build
 /captures
 /src/main/jniLibs/
+/.cxx
diff --git a/android/CMakeLists.txt b/android/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ba98acf..7170d2d0 100644
--- a/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ set(LibraryVersion "agent_dart-v1.0.0") # generated; do not edit
 # the plugin to fail to compile for some customers of the plugin.
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
+# Project-level configuration.
+set(PROJECT_NAME "agent_dart") # Should match the name field in the pubspec.yaml.
+project(PROJECT_NAME)
+
 # Download the binaries if they are not already present.
 set(LibRoot "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main/jniLibs")
 set(ArchivePath "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${LibraryVersion}.tar.gz")
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 947de590..6aa637e8 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 23
     }
+
+    // Trigger the binary download/update over in CMakeLists.txt
+    externalNativeBuild {
+        cmake {
+            path "CMakeLists.txt"
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {