diff --git a/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts b/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
index 3f90da7df9..85736ef068 100644
--- a/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
@@ -426,11 +426,12 @@ export class IOSProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectServ
 
 	private prepareCocoapods(pluginPlatformsFolderPath: string): IFuture<void> {
 		return (() => {
-			if(!this.$fs.exists(this.projectPodFilePath).wait()) {
-				this.$fs.writeFile(this.projectPodFilePath, "use_frameworks!\n").wait();
-			}
 			let pluginPodFilePath = path.join(pluginPlatformsFolderPath, "Podfile");
 			if(this.$fs.exists(pluginPodFilePath).wait()) {
+				if(!this.$fs.exists(this.projectPodFilePath).wait()) {
+					this.$fs.writeFile(this.projectPodFilePath, "use_frameworks!\n").wait();
+				}
+
 				let pluginPodFileContent = this.$fs.readText(pluginPodFilePath).wait();
 				let contentToWrite = this.buildPodfileContent(pluginPodFilePath, pluginPodFileContent);
 				this.$fs.appendFile(this.projectPodFilePath, contentToWrite).wait();