diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 22e8024edd..e68bbb35ee 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -116,12 +116,6 @@ android{
             }
         }
     }
-    
-    if(!project.ext.hasSprites()){
-        println "Scheduling sprite pack."
-        assembleDebug.dependsOn ":tools:pack"
-        assembleRelease.dependsOn ":tools:pack"
-    }
 }
 // called every time gradle gets executed, takes the native dependencies of
 // the natives configuration, and extracts them to the proper libs/ folders
@@ -157,3 +151,11 @@ task run(type: Exec){
     def adb = path + "/platform-tools/adb"
     commandLine "$adb", 'shell', 'am', 'start', '-n', 'io.anuke.mindustry/mindustry.android.AndroidLauncher'
 }
+
+if(!project.ext.hasSprites()){
+    tasks.whenTaskAdded{ task ->
+        if(task.name == 'assembleDebug' || task.name == 'assembleRelease'){
+            task.dependsOn ":tools:pack"
+        }
+    }
+}