diff --git a/JNI/.gitignore b/JNI/.gitignore
index 941c07abea..e614fbbef9 100644
--- a/JNI/.gitignore
+++ b/JNI/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 bin
 gen
-*.properties
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/JNI/project.properties b/JNI/project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c57400d008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JNI/project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This file is automatically generated by Android Tools.
+# Do not modify this file -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
+#
+# This file must be checked in Version Control Systems.
+#
+# To customize properties used by the Ant build system use,
+# "ant.properties", and override values to adapt the script to your
+# project structure.
+
+android.library=true
+# Project target.
+target=android-19