diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5ddd596..f4448e1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
     - env: PLATFORM=android-9.0
       <<: *_android
 
+    - env: PLATFORM=android-9.0-androidx
+      <<: *_android
+
 before_install:
   # manually install Node for `language: android`
   - if [[ "$PLATFORM" =~ android ]]; then nvm install $TRAVIS_NODE_VERSION; fi 
diff --git a/conf/pr/android-9.0-androidx.config.json b/conf/pr/android-9.0-androidx.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7653402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/pr/android-9.0-androidx.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "platform": "android",
+    "action": "run",
+    "cleanUpAfterRun": true,
+    "shouldUseSauce": true,
+    "saucePlatformVersion": "9.0",
+    "sauceDeviceName": "Android GoogleAPI Emulator",
+    "verbose": true,
+    "shouldUseAndroidx": true
+}
diff --git a/lib/ParamedicApp.js b/lib/ParamedicApp.js
index 887bb42..e81cec6 100644
--- a/lib/ParamedicApp.js
+++ b/lib/ParamedicApp.js
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
             additionalPlugins.push(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'ci-plugin'));
         }
 
+        if (this.config.shouldUseAndroidx()) {
+            additionalPlugins.push('cordova-plugin-androidx');
+        }
+
         pluginsManager.installPlugins(additionalPlugins);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/ParamedicConfig.js b/lib/ParamedicConfig.js
index 474bed8..a211029 100644
--- a/lib/ParamedicConfig.js
+++ b/lib/ParamedicConfig.js
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@
         this._config.shouldUseSauce = sus;
     }
 
+    shouldUseAndroidx () {
+        return this._config.shouldUseAndroidx;
+    }
+
+    setshouldUseAndroidx (value) {
+        this._config.shouldUseAndroidx = value;
+    }
+
     getBuildName () {
         return this._config.buildName || this.getDefaultBuildName();
     }
@@ -309,7 +317,8 @@
         ci: argv.ci,
         target: argv.target,
         fileTransferServer: argv.fileTransferServer,
-        cli: argv.cli
+        cli: argv.cli,
+        shouldUseAndroidx: !!argv.shouldUseAndroidx || false
     });
 };