diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4592171..72e9ae0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
     "cordova-firefoxos",
     "cordova-browser"
   ],
+  "peerDependencies" {
+    "cordova-plugin-file": ">=1.0.1"
+  },
   "author": "Apache Software Foundation",
   "license": "Apache 2.0"
 }
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 217d1e5..4623ac9 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <issue>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB/component/12320650</issue>
 
     <!-- dependency id="org.apache.cordova.file@1" /-->
-    <dependency id="org.apache.cordova.file" version=">=1.0.1" />
+    <dependency id="cordova-plugin-file" version=">=1.0.1" />
 
     <js-module src="www/FileTransferError.js" name="FileTransferError">
         <clobbers target="window.FileTransferError" />