diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8923284..a4f6782 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ Add the following to the file **`references.d.ts`** in the root of your applicat
 
 #### Google Play Services
 
-Since this plugin uses Google Play Services, it's very common to have Android build conflicts with *other* plugins using Play Services / Android support libraries (eg: `com.android.support:appcompat-v7`).  The key to solving build issues is to ensure that *all* plugins are aligned to the same play-services version (eg: `15.0.1`) and support-library versions (eg: `26.1.0`).  **Note**:  Firebase dependencies must also be aligned to the same play-services version).
+Since this plugin uses Google Play Services Location, it's very common to have Android build conflicts with *other* plugins using Play Services Location (`com.google.android.gms:play-services-location`) / Android Support libraries (`com.android.support:appcompat-v7`). The key to solving build issues is to ensure that *all* plugins are aligned to the same play-services-location version (eg: `16.0.0`) and support-library versions (eg: `26.1.0`).
 
-You can specify your desired `play-services` version in the file:
+You can specify your desired `play-services-location` version in the file:
 **`app/App_Resources/Android/app.gradle`**
 
 ```gradle
 project.ext {
-  googlePlayServicesVersion = "11.8.0"
+  googlePlayServicesLocationVersion = "16.0.0"
   supportVersion = "27.0.1"
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/platforms/android/include.gradle b/src/platforms/android/include.gradle
index 7692d85..09c1c75 100644
--- a/src/platforms/android/include.gradle
+++ b/src/platforms/android/include.gradle
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 dependencies {
   def DEFAULT_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION   = "11.8.0"
   def DEFAULT_SUPPORT_LIB_VERSION     = "27.0.1"
-
-  def googlePlayServicesVersion = project.hasProperty('googlePlayServicesVersion') ? project.googlePlayServicesVersion : DEFAULT_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION
   def supportLibVersion = DEFAULT_SUPPORT_LIB_VERSION
+  def googlePlayServicesLocationVersion = DEFAULT_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION
+
+  if (project.hasProperty('googlePlayServicesLocationVersion')){
+    googlePlayServicesLocationVersion = project.googlePlayServicesLocationVersion
+  } else if (project.hasProperty('googlePlayServicesVersion')){
+    googlePlayServicesLocationVersion = project.googlePlayServicesVersion
+  }
 
   if (project.hasProperty('supportLibVersion')) {
     supportLibVersion = project.supportLibVersion
@@ -14,11 +19,11 @@ dependencies {
 
   println "******************************************************************"
   println "* nativescript-background-geolocation"
-  println "* - googlePlayServicesVersion: $googlePlayServicesVersion"
+  println "* - googlePlayServicesLocationVersion: $googlePlayServicesLocationVersion"
   println "* - supportLibVersion: $supportLibVersion"  
   println "******************************************************************"
   
-  compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:$googlePlayServicesVersion"
+  compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:$googlePlayServicesLocationVersion"
   compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$supportLibVersion"
   compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.10.0'
   compile 'org.greenrobot:eventbus:3.0.0'