diff --git a/src/funcTest/groovy/pl/droidsonroids/gradle/pitest/functional/MockableAndroidJarFunctionalSpec.groovy b/src/funcTest/groovy/pl/droidsonroids/gradle/pitest/functional/MockableAndroidJarFunctionalSpec.groovy
index 312e01e3..32888194 100644
--- a/src/funcTest/groovy/pl/droidsonroids/gradle/pitest/functional/MockableAndroidJarFunctionalSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/funcTest/groovy/pl/droidsonroids/gradle/pitest/functional/MockableAndroidJarFunctionalSpec.groovy
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class MockableAndroidJarFunctionalSpec extends AbstractPitestFunctionalSpec {
 
                 dependencies {
                     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
+                    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20180813'
                 }
                 """.stripIndent()
         and:
diff --git a/src/funcTest/resources/testProjects/mockableAndroidJar/src/test/java/pitest/test/LibraryTest.java b/src/funcTest/resources/testProjects/mockableAndroidJar/src/test/java/pitest/test/LibraryTest.java
index e85e86aa..397a1741 100644
--- a/src/funcTest/resources/testProjects/mockableAndroidJar/src/test/java/pitest/test/LibraryTest.java
+++ b/src/funcTest/resources/testProjects/mockableAndroidJar/src/test/java/pitest/test/LibraryTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import pitest.test.Library;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
@@ -12,4 +13,10 @@ public void testSomeLibraryMethod() {
         Library classUnderTest = new Library();
         assertTrue("someLibraryMethod should return 'true'", classUnderTest.someLibraryMethod());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testJSON() throws Exception {
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject("{\"id\": 123}");
+        assertEquals("123", jsonObject.optString("id"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/pl/droidsonroids/gradle/pitest/PitestPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/pl/droidsonroids/gradle/pitest/PitestPlugin.groovy
index 71d6280c..99be027c 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/pl/droidsonroids/gradle/pitest/PitestPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/pl/droidsonroids/gradle/pitest/PitestPlugin.groovy
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ class PitestPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         variants.all { BaseVariant variant ->
             PitestTask variantTask = project.tasks.create("${PITEST_TASK_NAME}${variant.name.capitalize()}", PitestTask)
 
+            boolean includeMockableAndroidJar = !pitestExtension.excludeMockableAndroidJar.getOrElse(false)
+            if (includeMockableAndroidJar) {
+                addMockableAndroidJarDependencies()
+            }
+
             Task mockableAndroidJarTask
             if (ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION_NUMBER < new Semver("3.2.0")) {
                 mockableAndroidJarTask = project.tasks.findByName("mockableAndroidJar")
@@ -153,7 +158,7 @@ class PitestPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                 configureTaskDefault(variantTask, variant, mockableAndroidJarTask.outputJar)
             }
 
-            if (!pitestExtension.excludeMockableAndroidJar.getOrElse(false)) {
+            if (includeMockableAndroidJar) {
                 variantTask.dependsOn mockableAndroidJarTask
             }
 
@@ -169,6 +174,18 @@ class PitestPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         }
     }
 
+    private void addMockableAndroidJarDependencies() {
+        //according to https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.google.android/android/4.1.1.4/jar
+        project.buildscript.dependencies {
+            "$PITEST_TEST_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME" "org.json:json:20080701"
+            "$PITEST_TEST_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME" "xpp3:xpp3:1.1.4c"
+            "$PITEST_TEST_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME" "xerces:xmlParserAPIs:2.6.2"
+            "$PITEST_TEST_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME" "org.khronos:opengl-api:gl1.1-android-2.1_r1"
+            "$PITEST_TEST_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME" "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.0.1"
+            "$PITEST_TEST_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME" "commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.1"
+        }
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("BuilderMethodWithSideEffects")
     private void createConfigurations() {
         [PITEST_CONFIGURATION_NAME, PITEST_TEST_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION_NAME].each { configuration ->