diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 3b2f3073c..a40307f2a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -895,6 +895,20 @@
             android:foregroundServiceType="mediaPlayback"
             android:enabled="true" />
 
+        <!-- Trigger Google Play services to install the backported photo picker module. -->
+        <service
+            android:name="com.google.android.gms.metadata.ModuleDependencies"
+            android:enabled="false"
+            android:exported="false"
+            tools:ignore="MissingClass">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="com.google.android.gms.metadata.MODULE_DEPENDENCIES" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="photopicker_activity:0:required"
+                android:value="" />
+        </service>
+
         <activity android:name=".avroom.room_album.RoomAlbumActivity" />
 
         <activity android:name=".ui.language.LanguageActivity" />