diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e6656f2..ea0e81d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 * [Sync] Added `Session.isConnected()`.
 
 ### Bug fixes
-* None.
+* React Native for Android now supports the Android Gradle Plugin 3.0 (#1742).
 
 ### Internals
 * Updated to Object Store commit: 97fd03819f398b3c81c8b007feaca8636629050b
diff --git a/examples/ReactExample/android/app/build.gradle b/examples/ReactExample/android/app/build.gradle
index a9b4e033..cb563eb3 100644
--- a/examples/ReactExample/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/ReactExample/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile project(':react-native-exit-app-no-history')
-    compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
-    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
-    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
-    compile project(":realm")
+    implementation project(':react-native-exit-app-no-history')
+    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
+    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
+    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
+    implementation project(":realm")
 }
 
 // Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
diff --git a/examples/ReactExample/android/build.gradle b/examples/ReactExample/android/build.gradle
index 66f6608e..f155a24f 100644
--- a/examples/ReactExample/android/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/ReactExample/android/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.3'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/react-native/android/build.gradle b/react-native/android/build.gradle
index 52e65cd1..aa9c0ae6 100644
--- a/react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -392,8 +392,15 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
     }
 }
 
-dependencies {
-    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    compile 'org.nanohttpd:nanohttpd:2.2.0'
-    compile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'  // From node_modules
+def dependencyType = "implementation"
+try {
+    project.getConfigurations().getByName("implementation")
+} catch (UnknownConfigurationException e) {
+    dependencyType = "compile" // Pre 3.0 Android Gradle Plugin
+}
+
+project.dependencies {
+    add(dependencyType, fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar']))
+    add(dependencyType, 'org.nanohttpd:nanohttpd:2.2.0')
+    add(dependencyType, 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+')
 }
diff --git a/react-native/android/publish_android_template b/react-native/android/publish_android_template
index 28d0dfdd..6a895867 100644
--- a/react-native/android/publish_android_template
+++ b/react-native/android/publish_android_template
@@ -81,8 +81,15 @@ task send(type: SendAnalyticsTask) << {
 
 preBuild.dependsOn send
 
-dependencies {
-    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    compile 'org.nanohttpd:nanohttpd:2.2.0'
-    compile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'  // From node_modules
+def dependencyType = "implementation"
+try {
+    project.getConfigurations().getByName("implementation")
+} catch (UnknownConfigurationException e) {
+    dependencyType = "compile" // Pre 3.0 Android Gradle Plugin
+}
+
+project.dependencies {
+    add(dependencyType, fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar']))
+    add(dependencyType, 'org.nanohttpd:nanohttpd:2.2.0')
+    add(dependencyType, 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+')
 }