diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 6bc768fbd..6e5ae18c4 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ android {
         testInstrumentationRunner = "android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner"
 
         buildConfigField "String[]", "ICON_PACKS", "{\"classic\",\"material\"}"
+
+        javaCompileOptions {
+            annotationProcessorOptions {
+                arguments = ["room.incremental":"true"]
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     externalNativeBuild {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 0c0632ee2..1631b8247 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 android.enableJetifier=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
+kapt.incremental.apt=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048M