diff --git a/package/src/expo-plugin/withAndroidMLKitVisionModel.ts b/package/src/expo-plugin/withAndroidMLKitVisionModel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84d1bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/src/expo-plugin/withAndroidMLKitVisionModel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { AndroidConfig, ConfigPlugin, withAndroidManifest } from '@expo/config-plugins'
+
+const { addMetaDataItemToMainApplication, getMainApplicationOrThrow } = AndroidConfig.Manifest
+
+export const withAndroidMLKitVisionModel: ConfigPlugin = (config) => {
+  return withAndroidManifest(config, (conf) => {
+    const androidManifest = conf.modResults
+
+    const mainApplication = getMainApplicationOrThrow(androidManifest)
+
+    addMetaDataItemToMainApplication(mainApplication, 'com.google.mlkit.vision.DEPENDENCIES', 'barcode')
+
+    conf.modResults = androidManifest
+
+    return conf
+  })
+}
diff --git a/package/src/expo-plugin/withVisionCamera.ts b/package/src/expo-plugin/withVisionCamera.ts
index 041d0c7..9c7d406 100644
--- a/package/src/expo-plugin/withVisionCamera.ts
+++ b/package/src/expo-plugin/withVisionCamera.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { withPlugins, AndroidConfig, ConfigPlugin, createRunOncePlugin } from '@expo/config-plugins'
 import { withDisableFrameProcessorsAndroid } from './withDisableFrameProcessorsAndroid'
 import { withDisableFrameProcessorsIOS } from './withDisableFrameProcessorsIOS'
+import { withAndroidMLKitVisionModel } from './withAndroidMLKitVisionModel'
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
 const pkg = require('../../../package.json')
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ const withCamera: ConfigPlugin<Props> = (config, props = {}) => {
     config = withDisableFrameProcessorsIOS(config)
   }
 
-  return withPlugins(config, [[AndroidConfig.Permissions.withPermissions, androidPermissions]])
+  return withPlugins(config, [[AndroidConfig.Permissions.withPermissions, androidPermissions], withAndroidMLKitVisionModel])
 }
 
 export default createRunOncePlugin(withCamera, pkg.name, pkg.version)