diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 2f26eb254..f67a1a692 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@
         tools:ignore="UnusedAttribute"
         tools:replace="label, icon, theme, name, allowBackup">
 
+        <meta-data
+        android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
+        android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc"/>
+
+
         <meta-data
             android:name="android.max_aspect"
             android:value="10" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b7f06271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<automotiveApp>
+    <uses name="notification" />
+</automotiveApp>