diff --git a/webpack.common.js.angular.template b/webpack.common.js.angular.template
index 0d017ebd..f52e56d6 100644
--- a/webpack.common.js.angular.template
+++ b/webpack.common.js.angular.template
@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@ module.exports = function (platform, destinationApp) {
 
     var plugins = [
         new ExtractTextPlugin("app.css"),
-        // Vendor libs go to the vendor.js chunk
         new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
-            name: ["vendor"]
+            name: [
+                // Vendor libs go to the vendor.js chunk
+                "vendor",
+
+                // Compatibility workaround with NativeScript 2.5 Android runtime
+                // https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/3947
+                "tns-java-classes",
+            ],
         }),
         // Define useful constants like TNS_WEBPACK
         new webpack.DefinePlugin({
diff --git a/webpack.common.js.javascript.template b/webpack.common.js.javascript.template
index 7f44fda8..dde25431 100644
--- a/webpack.common.js.javascript.template
+++ b/webpack.common.js.javascript.template
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@ module.exports = function (platform, destinationApp) {
         new ExtractTextPlugin("app.css"),
         // Vendor libs go to the vendor.js chunk
         new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
-            name: ["vendor"]
+            name: [
+                // Vendor libs go to the vendor.js chunk
+                "vendor",
+
+                // Compatibility workaround with NativeScript 2.5 Android runtime
+                // https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/3947
+                "tns-java-classes",
+            ],
         }),
         // Define useful constants like TNS_WEBPACK
         new webpack.DefinePlugin({
diff --git a/webpack.common.js.typescript.template b/webpack.common.js.typescript.template
index 8427c542..471ce9d4 100644
--- a/webpack.common.js.typescript.template
+++ b/webpack.common.js.typescript.template
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@ module.exports = function (platform, destinationApp) {
         new ExtractTextPlugin("app.css"),
         // Vendor libs go to the vendor.js chunk
         new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
-            name: ["vendor"]
+            name: [
+                // Vendor libs go to the vendor.js chunk
+                "vendor",
+
+                // Compatibility workaround with NativeScript 2.5 Android runtime
+                // https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/3947
+                "tns-java-classes",
+            ],
         }),
         // Define useful constants like TNS_WEBPACK
         new webpack.DefinePlugin({