diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index c4678e009..4967be701 100755
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <plugin xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0"
         xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
         id="com.phonegap.plugins.facebookconnect"
-        version="1.7.1.1">
+        version="1.7.1.2">
 
     <name>Facebook</name>
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     <engines>
         <engine name="cordova-android" version=">=3.6.0" />
         <engine name="cordova-ios" version=">=3.5.0" />
+        <engine name="cordova-plugman" version=">=4.2.0"/>
     </engines>
 
     <!-- JavaScript interface -->
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
             <access origin="https://api.facebook.com" />
             <access origin="https://*.fbcdn.net" />
             <access origin="https://*.akamaihd.net" />
-            <!--<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="15" />-->
+            <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="15" />
         </config-file>
 
         <source-file src="src/android/facebookconnect.xml" target-dir="res/values" />
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@
 
         <framework src="com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.11.+"/>
 
+        <framework src="platforms/android/facebook-minsdk-check.gradle" custom="true" type="gradleReference"/>
+
         <!-- cordova plugin src files -->
         <source-file src="src/android/ConnectPlugin.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/facebook" />
 
diff --git a/src/android/facebook-minsdk-check.gradle b/src/android/facebook-minsdk-check.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2761b7fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/facebook-minsdk-check.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+def getConfigPreference(name) {
+    name = name.toLowerCase()
+    def xml = file("res/xml/config.xml").getText()
+    // Disable namespace awareness since Cordova doesn't use them properly
+    def root = new XmlParser(false, false).parseText(xml)
+
+    def ret, defaultValue
+    root.preference.each { it ->
+        def attrName = it.attribute("name")
+        if (attrName && attrName.toLowerCase() == name) {
+            if (it.attribute('default') != null) {
+                defaultValue = it.attribute('default');
+            } else {
+                ret = it.attribute("value")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return ret ? ret : defaultValue
+}
+
+if (cdvMinSdkVersion == null) {
+    // first check config.xml
+    def minSdk = getConfigPreference("android-minSdkVersion");
+
+    // if there's no minSdk defined check AndroidManifest.xml
+    if (!minSdk) {
+        def manifest = new XmlSlurper().parse(file("AndroidManifest.xml"))
+        manifest.children().find { it.name() == "uses-sdk" }.each {
+            minSdk = it.attributes().get("android:minSdkVersion")
+        }
+    }
+
+    // update the minSdk from config.xml or AndroidManifest, with a fallback to 15
+    ext.cdvMinSdkVersion =  minSdk && minSdk.toInteger() > 15 ? minSdk : 15;
+}