diff --git a/local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/react.gradle b/local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/react.gradle
index 348fb127368b9e..850e40d4650117 100644
--- a/local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/react.gradle
+++ b/local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/react.gradle
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ gradle.projectsEvaluated {
                 // Set up dev mode
                 def devEnabled = !targetName.toLowerCase().contains("release")
                 if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
-                    commandLine "cmd", "/c", "react-native", "bundle", "--platform", "android", "--dev", "${devEnabled}",
+                    commandLine "cmd", "/c", "node", "node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js", "bundle", "--platform", "android", "--dev", "${devEnabled}",
                             "--entry-file", entryFile, "--bundle-output", jsBundleFile, "--assets-dest", resourcesDir
                 } else {
-                    commandLine "react-native", "bundle", "--platform", "android", "--dev", "${devEnabled}",
+                    commandLine "node", "node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js", "bundle", "--platform", "android", "--dev", "${devEnabled}",
                             "--entry-file", entryFile, "--bundle-output", jsBundleFile, "--assets-dest", resourcesDir
                 }