diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ca46f962..a17b7ced 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ POM_LICENSE_DIST=repo
 POM_DEVELOPER_ID=airbnb
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Airbnb
 POM_DEVELOPER_EMAIL=android@airbnb.com
-org.gradle.daemon=false
+org.gradle.daemon=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3g -XX:MaxPermSize=2048m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1g