diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5e3b6aea..4e68fc86a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 local.properties
 build.properties
-project.properties
 .classpath
 bin/*
 gen/*
diff --git a/project.properties b/project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cea64a977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target=android-17
+