diff --git a/templates/cpp-template-default/proj.android/app/build.gradle b/templates/cpp-template-default/proj.android/app/build.gradle
index cc1ab50a5ea4..c93e9405c10f 100644
--- a/templates/cpp-template-default/proj.android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/cpp-template-default/proj.android/app/build.gradle
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ android {
     aaptOptions {
        noCompress 'mp3','ogg','wav','mp4','ttf','ttc'
     }
+
+    buildFeatures {
+        aidl true
+    }
 }
 
 android.applicationVariants.configureEach { variant ->
diff --git a/templates/lua-template-default/proj.android/app/build.gradle b/templates/lua-template-default/proj.android/app/build.gradle
index 5735bc41f785..f4a2e5f07398 100644
--- a/templates/lua-template-default/proj.android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/lua-template-default/proj.android/app/build.gradle
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ android {
     aaptOptions {
        noCompress 'mp3','ogg','wav','mp4','ttf','ttc'
     }
+    
+    buildFeatures {
+        aidl true
+    }
 }
 
 android.applicationVariants.configureEach { variant ->