diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidBuild.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidBuild.kt
index 1c84621a..7811f09a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidBuild.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidBuild.kt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class AndroidBuild {
                 appInfo.versionName,
                 appInfo.minSdkVersion,
                 appInfo.targetSdkVersion,
-                23,
+                appInfo.maxSdkVersion,
                 outManifest,
                 outAaptSafeManifestLocation,
                 ManifestMerger2.MergeType.APPLICATION,
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
index 3d22c2c0..96461230 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ public class AndroidPlugin @Inject constructor(val javaCompiler: JavaCompiler, v
 }
 
 class DefaultConfig(var minSdkVersion: String? = null,
+        val maxSdkVersion: String? = null,
         var targetSdkVersion: String? = null,
         var versionCode: Int? = null,
         var versionName: String? = null) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AppInfo.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AppInfo.kt
index 28c2bdfd..30144a33 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AppInfo.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AppInfo.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ class AppInfo(val androidManifest: File, val config: AndroidConfig) {
     val minSdkVersion: String?
         get() = config.defaultConfig.minSdkVersion ?: AndroidManifest.getMinSdkVersion(abstractManifest)?.toString()
 
+    val maxSdkVersion: Int?
+        get() = config.defaultConfig.maxSdkVersion?.toInt()
+
     val targetSdkVersion: String?
         get() = config.defaultConfig.targetSdkVersion
                 ?: AndroidManifest.getTargetSdkVersion(abstractManifest)?.toString()