diff --git a/local-cli/core/__fixtures__/android.js b/local-cli/core/__fixtures__/android.js
index ebecf9b8c9029f..cab6cbbe45c7f6 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__fixtures__/android.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__fixtures__/android.js
@@ -20,6 +20,25 @@ exports.valid = {
   },
 };
 
+exports.validMultipleManifests = {
+  src: {
+    main: {
+      'AndroidManifest.xml': manifest,
+      com: {
+        some: {
+          example: {
+            'Main.java': mainJavaClass,
+            'ReactPackage.java': fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, './files/ReactPackage.java')),
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    debug: {
+      'AndroidManifest.xml': manifest
+    },
+  },
+};
+
 exports.corrupted = {
   src: {
     'AndroidManifest.xml': manifest,
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findManifest.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findManifest.spec.js
index 45c2b996af3a29..e08a14ee51c6ff 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findManifest.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findManifest.spec.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ describe('android::findManifest', () => {
     flat: {
       android: mocks.valid,
     },
+    multipleManifests: {
+      android: mocks.validMultipleManifests,
+    },
   }));
 
   it('should return a manifest path if file exists in the folder', () => {
@@ -21,5 +24,9 @@ describe('android::findManifest', () => {
     expect(findManifest('empty')).toBe(null);
   });
 
+  it('should return the main manifest before other manifests', () => {
+    expect(findManifest('multipleManifests')).toMatch(/[\/\\]src[\/\\]main/);
+  });
+
   afterAll(mockFs.restore);
 });
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/android/findManifest.js b/local-cli/core/config/android/findManifest.js
index 3827b4276e7ee5..6714bfe0d52548 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/config/android/findManifest.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/config/android/findManifest.js
@@ -2,16 +2,33 @@ const glob = require('glob');
 const path = require('path');
 
 /**
- * Find an android application path in the folder
+ * Find an AndroidManifest.xml in the folder.
  *
  * @param {String} folder Name of the folder where to seek
  * @return {String}
  */
 module.exports = function findManifest(folder) {
-  const manifestPath = glob.sync(path.join('**', 'AndroidManifest.xml'), {
+  // Android projects may contain multiple manifest files that are merged
+  // during build. Usually we should use the manifest file of the main source
+  // set at src/main/AndroidManifest.xml. If for some reason that manifest
+  // isn't available (e.g. with a highly customised build setup) we should
+  // look for the first manifest we find.
+  const globOptions = {
     cwd: folder,
-    ignore: ['node_modules/**', '**/build/**', 'Examples/**', 'examples/**'],
-  })[0];
+    ignore: ['**/build/**'],
+  };
 
-  return manifestPath ? path.join(folder, manifestPath) : null;
+  const mainPattern = path.join('**', 'main', 'AndroidManifest.xml');
+  const mainManifestPath = glob.sync(mainPattern, globOptions)[0];
+
+  if (mainManifestPath) {
+    return path.join(folder, mainManifestPath);
+  }
+
+  // Here it's possible that we might not find the manifest that contains what
+  // our caller is looking for but this should be better than returning null.
+  const anyPattern = path.join('**', 'AndroidManifest.xml');
+  const anyManifestPath = glob.sync(anyPattern, globOptions)[0];
+
+  return anyManifestPath ? path.join(folder, anyManifestPath) : null;
 };