diff --git a/lib/services/android-project-service.ts b/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
index aa4b9e500f..99ab6a0dfc 100644
--- a/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ class AndroidProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectService
 			let libProjProp = path.join(libraryPath, "project.properties");
 			if (this.$fs.exists(libProjProp).wait()) {
 				this.updateProjectReferences(this.platformData.projectRoot, targetLibPath).wait();
+				this.runAndroidUpdate(targetLibPath, this.getTarget(this.platformData.projectRoot).wait()).wait();
 			}
 		}).future<void>()();
 	}
diff --git a/lib/services/plugins-service.ts b/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
index 6377e5c00f..cd73e34466 100644
--- a/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export class PluginsService implements IPluginsService {
 		let pluginData: any = {};
 		pluginData.name = cacheData.name;
 		pluginData.version = cacheData.version;
-		pluginData.fullPath = path.dirname(this.getPackageJsonFilePathForModule(cacheData.name));
+		pluginData.fullPath = cacheData.directory || path.dirname(this.getPackageJsonFilePathForModule(cacheData.name));
 		pluginData.isPlugin = !!cacheData.nativescript;
 		pluginData.pluginPlatformsFolderPath = (platform: string) => path.join(pluginData.fullPath, "platforms", platform);