diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 8c53db6..0e6a24b 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ android {
 
     buildTypes {
         release {
-            minifyEnabled true
+            minifyEnabled rootProject.ext.enableR8
             signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0da1e25..ea9c297 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 ext {
     appVersionName = "3.7"
     appVersionCode = 15
+    enableR8 = true
 }
 
 task clean(type: Delete) {