diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/AndroidAnnotationProcessor.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/AndroidAnnotationProcessor.java
index f7fe918f3a..c442823aad 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/AndroidAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/AndroidAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static org.androidannotations.helper.CanonicalNameConstants.PRODUCE;
 import static org.androidannotations.helper.CanonicalNameConstants.SUBSCRIBE;
 import static org.androidannotations.helper.ModelConstants.TRACE_OPTION;
+import static org.androidannotations.rclass.ProjectRClassFinder.RESOURCE_PACKAGE_NAME_OPTION;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@
 import org.androidannotations.validation.rest.RestValidator;
 
 @SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_6)
-@SupportedOptions({ TRACE_OPTION, ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE_OPTION })
+@SupportedOptions({ TRACE_OPTION, ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE_OPTION, RESOURCE_PACKAGE_NAME_OPTION })
 public class AndroidAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 
 	private final TimeStats timeStats = new TimeStats();
diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/rclass/ProjectRClassFinder.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/rclass/ProjectRClassFinder.java
index 7e4440a13f..32c22a8251 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/rclass/ProjectRClassFinder.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/rclass/ProjectRClassFinder.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 public class ProjectRClassFinder {
 
+	public static final String RESOURCE_PACKAGE_NAME_OPTION = "resourcePackageName";
+
 	private ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv;
 
 	public ProjectRClassFinder(ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv) {
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ public ProjectRClassFinder(ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv) {
 	public Option<IRClass> find(AndroidManifest manifest) {
 
 		Elements elementUtils = processingEnv.getElementUtils();
-		String rClass = manifest.getApplicationPackage() + ".R";
+		String rClass = getRClassPackageName(manifest) + ".R";
 		TypeElement rType = elementUtils.getTypeElement(rClass);
 
 		if (rType == null) {
@@ -46,4 +48,12 @@ public Option<IRClass> find(AndroidManifest manifest) {
 
 		return Option.<IRClass> of(new RClass(rType));
 	}
+
+	public String getRClassPackageName(AndroidManifest manifest) {
+		if (processingEnv.getOptions().containsKey(RESOURCE_PACKAGE_NAME_OPTION)) {
+			return processingEnv.getOptions().get(RESOURCE_PACKAGE_NAME_OPTION);
+		} else {
+			return manifest.getApplicationPackage();
+		}
+	}
 }