diff --git a/tns-platform-declarations/android/android-declarations.d.ts b/tns-platform-declarations/android/android-declarations.d.ts
index 9dd67f589..a58c10f5e 100644
--- a/tns-platform-declarations/android/android-declarations.d.ts
+++ b/tns-platform-declarations/android/android-declarations.d.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ interface ArrayConstructor {
     create(type: any, count: number): any;
 }
 
-declare module native {	export class Array<T> {	constructor(); length: number; [index: number]: T; } }
\ No newline at end of file
+declare module native {	export class Array<T> {	constructor(); length: number; [index: number]: T; } }
+
+import globalAndroid = android;