diff --git a/app-template/config-template.xml b/app-template/config-template.xml
index 62c5321ca..b8019530a 100644
--- a/app-template/config-template.xml
+++ b/app-template/config-template.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     <preference name="FadeSplashScreenDuration" value="100" />
     <preference name="SplashMaintainAspectRatio" value="true" />
 
+    <!-- Android Version: KitKat 4.4 (API Level 19) or higher -->
+    <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="19" />
+
     <!-- Plugins -->
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="~1.1.3"/>
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-globalization" spec="~1.0.4" />