diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82ac43a34..65be14fac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ app/google-services.json
 res/value-hi_IN
 linphone-sdk-android/*.aar
 app/release
+keystore.properties
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 3ad597b90..61efdb23e 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -58,12 +58,16 @@ android {
         testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
 
+    def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file("keystore.properties")
+    def keystoreProperties = new Properties()
+    keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(keystorePropertiesFile))
+
     signingConfigs {
         release {
-            storeFile file(RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
-            storePassword RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
-            keyAlias RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
-            keyPassword RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
+            storeFile file(keystoreProperties['storeFile'])
+            storePassword keystoreProperties['storePassword']
+            keyAlias keystoreProperties['keyAlias']
+            keyPassword keystoreProperties['keyPassword']
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/keystore.properties b/keystore.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..999734166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keystore.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+storePassword=
+keyPassword=
+keyAlias=
+storeFile=bc-android.keystore