diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
index 21ae6c798..f9c333373 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ public class IndexV1Updater extends IndexUpdater {
         repo.version = getIntRepoValue(repoMap, "version");
 
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(platformSigCache)) {
-            PackageInfo androidPackageInfo = Utils.getPackageInfo(context, "android");
+            PackageInfo androidPackageInfo = Utils.getPackageInfoWithSignatures(context, "android");
             platformSigCache = Utils.getPackageSig(androidPackageInfo);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
index 957746579..b9b101d48 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.fdroid.fdroid;
 
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
@@ -808,6 +809,21 @@ public final class Utils {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Try to get the {@link PackageInfo} with signature info for the {@code packageName} provided.
+     *
+     * @return null on failure
+     */
+    @SuppressLint("PackageManagerGetSignatures")
+    public static PackageInfo getPackageInfoWithSignatures(Context context, String packageName) {
+        try {
+            return context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(packageName, PackageManager.GET_SIGNATURES);
+        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
+            debugLog(TAG, "Could not get PackageInfo: ", e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Useful for debugging during development, so that arbitrary queries can be made, and their
      * results inspected in the debugger.