diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/briar-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 10559cd45..822717f27 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 		android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
 		android:label="@string/app_name"
 		android:logo="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
+		android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
 		android:supportsRtl="true"
 		android:theme="@style/BriarTheme"
 		tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning,UnusedAttribute"
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml b/briar-android/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a70ef7fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<network-security-config>
+	<domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
+		<domain includeSubdomains="true">onion</domain>
+	</domain-config>
+</network-security-config>