diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/BuildApk.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/BuildApk.cs
index 653e519819a..9a71d4eee73 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/BuildApk.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/BuildApk.cs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void AddEnvironment (ZipArchive apk)
 
 			const string defaultLogLevel = "MONO_LOG_LEVEL=info";
 			const string defaultMonoDebug = "MONO_DEBUG=gen-compact-seq-points";
-			const string defaultHttpMessageHandler = "XA_HTTP_CLIENT_HANDLER_TYPE=Xamarin.Android.Net.AndroidClientHandler";
+			const string defaultHttpMessageHandler = "XA_HTTP_CLIENT_HANDLER_TYPE=System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler, System.Net.Http";
 			string xamarinBuildId = string.Format ("XAMARIN_BUILD_ID={0}", buildId);
 
 			if (Environments == null) {