diff --git a/bin/templates/project/app/build.gradle b/bin/templates/project/app/build.gradle
index ea26195f..47cef0d1 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/bin/templates/project/app/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,28 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
+        apply from: '../CordovaLib/cordova.gradle'
+
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0'
+
+        if(cdvHelpers.getConfigPreference('GoogleServicesEnabled', 'false').toBoolean()) {
+            String defaultGoogleServiceVersion = '4.2.0'
+
+            /**
+             * Fetches the user's defined Google Services Plugin Version from config.xml.
+             * If the version is not set or invalid, it will default to the ${defaultGoogleServiceVersion}
+             */
+            String googleServicesVersion = cdvHelpers.getConfigPreference('GoogleServicesVersion', defaultGoogleServiceVersion)
+            if(!cdvHelpers.isVersionValid(googleServicesVersion)) {
+                println("The defined Google Services plugin version (${googleServicesVersion}) does not appear to be a valid version. Falling back to version: ${defaultGoogleServiceVersion}.")
+                googleServicesVersion = defaultGoogleServiceVersion
+            }
+
+            // Create the Google Services classpath and set it.
+            String googleServicesClassPath = "com.google.gms:google-services:${googleServicesVersion}"
+            println "Adding classpath: ${googleServicesClassPath}"
+            classpath googleServicesClassPath
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -356,3 +377,7 @@ for (def func : cdvPluginPostBuildExtras) {
 if (hasProperty('postBuildExtras')) {
     postBuildExtras()
 }
+
+if (cdvHelpers.getConfigPreference('GoogleServicesEnabled', 'false').toBoolean()) {
+    apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
+}
diff --git a/framework/cordova.gradle b/framework/cordova.gradle
index 5a06ea74..0fb476c2 100644
--- a/framework/cordova.gradle
+++ b/framework/cordova.gradle
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Version[] getAvailableBuildTools() {
         .sort { a, b -> a.isHigherThan(b) ? -1 : 1 }
 }
 
+Boolean isVersionValid(version) {
+    return !(new Version(version)).isEqual('0.0.0')
+}
+
 String doFindLatestInstalledBuildTools(String minBuildToolsVersionString) {
     def availableBuildToolsVersions
     try {