diff --git a/lib/options.ts b/lib/options.ts
index 9104d42b8e..be8c066643 100644
--- a/lib/options.ts
+++ b/lib/options.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ var knownOpts:any = {
 		"device": Boolean,
 		"emulator": Boolean,
 		"version": Boolean,
-		"help": Boolean
+		"help": Boolean,
+		"keyStorePath": String,
+		"keyStorePassword": String,
+		"keyStoreAlias": String,
+		"keyStoreAliasPassword": String
 	},
 	shorthands = {
 		"v" : "verbose",
diff --git a/lib/services/android-project-service.ts b/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
index b930db40ce..ba9d2c7559 100644
--- a/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ class AndroidProjectService implements IPlatformProjectService {
 
 	private getAntArgs(configuration: string, projectRoot: string): string[] {
 		var args = [configuration, "-f", path.join(projectRoot, "build.xml")];
+		if(configuration === "release") {
+			args = args.concat(["-Dkey.store", options.keyStorePath,
+			"-Dkey.store.password", options.keyStorePassword,
+			"-Dkey.alias", options.keyStoreAlias,
+			"-Dkey.alias.password", options.keyStoreAliasPassword]);
+		}
 
 		return args;
 	}