diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.shared.android/pom.xml b/java/com.sap.sse.shared.android/pom.xml
index 379df04767b..c7c009701cb 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.shared.android/pom.xml
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.shared.android/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
@@ -9,4 +9,17 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>com.sap.sse.shared.android</artifactId>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tycho-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${tycho-version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>