diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 89e0d99e217..1c1f134a37b 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
+
+# TODO remove this after RN 0.57 upgrade.
+#      See https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/16906 .
+android.enableAapt2=false