diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 613e2487..3ee0dffc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ classes/
 gradle
 *.iml
 *.keystore
+!debug.keystore
 .directory
 GPUCache/
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ea38a561..1e61cb39 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -44,10 +44,19 @@ android {
         abortOnError false
         checkReleaseBuilds false
     }
+    signingConfigs {
+        debug {
+            storeFile file("debug.keystore")
+            storePassword 'android'
+            keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
+            keyPassword 'android'
+        }
+    }
     buildTypes {
         debug {
             minifyEnabled false
             useProguard false
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
         }
         release { //keep on 'release' for faster builds, set to 'all' when testing to make sure proguard is not deleting important stuff
             minifyEnabled true
diff --git a/debug.keystore b/debug.keystore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..812ccff2
Binary files /dev/null and b/debug.keystore differ