diff --git a/template/android/app/build.gradle b/template/android/app/build.gradle
index 5e68d78dd84..3081a1f27f8 100644
--- a/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ android {
                         "GENERATED_SRC_DIR=$buildDir/generated/source",
                         "PROJECT_BUILD_DIR=$buildDir",
                         "REACT_ANDROID_DIR=$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid",
-                        "REACT_ANDROID_BUILD_DIR=$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/build"
+                        "REACT_ANDROID_BUILD_DIR=$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/build",
+                        "NODE_MODULES_DIR=$rootDir/../node_modules"
                     cFlags "-Wall", "-Werror", "-fexceptions", "-frtti", "-DWITH_INSPECTOR=1"
                     cppFlags "-std=c++17"
                     // Make sure this target name is the same you specify inside the