diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cce661252b..8a99655005 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ wiiu/wut/elf2rpl/elf2rpl
 /pkg/android/phoenix/bin/
 /pkg/android/phoenix/gen/
 /pkg/android/phoenix/local.properties
-/pkg/android/phoenix/gradle.properties
 /pkg/android/phoenix/.gradle
 /pkg/android/phoenix/.externalNativeBuild
 /pkg/android/phoenix/build
diff --git a/pkg/android/phoenix/gradle.properties b/pkg/android/phoenix/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30c3058caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/android/phoenix/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms512m -Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8