diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Mono.Android/BroadcastReceiverAttribute.Partial.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Mono.Android/BroadcastReceiverAttribute.Partial.cs
index 8c390de621a..853dba23083 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Mono.Android/BroadcastReceiverAttribute.Partial.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Mono.Android/BroadcastReceiverAttribute.Partial.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ partial class BroadcastReceiverAttribute {
 
 		static ManifestDocumentElement<BroadcastReceiverAttribute> mapping = new ManifestDocumentElement<BroadcastReceiverAttribute> ("receiver") {
 			{
+			  "Description",
+			  "description",
+			  self          => self.Description,
+			  (self, value) => self.Description = (string) value
+			}, {
 			  "DirectBootAware",
 			  "directBootAware",
 			  self          => self.DirectBootAware,
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.NamingCustomAttributes/Android.Content/BroadcastReceiverAttribute.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.NamingCustomAttributes/Android.Content/BroadcastReceiverAttribute.cs
index b84d8c54107..954f38c8bc2 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.NamingCustomAttributes/Android.Content/BroadcastReceiverAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.NamingCustomAttributes/Android.Content/BroadcastReceiverAttribute.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public BroadcastReceiverAttribute ()
 		public bool                   DirectBootAware         {get; set;}
 		public bool                   Enabled                 {get; set;}
 		public bool                   Exported                {get; set;}
+		public string                 Description             {get; set;}
 		public string                 Icon                    {get; set;}
 		public string                 Label                   {get; set;}
 		public string                 Name                    {get; set;}