diff --git a/lib/builders/ProjectBuilder.js b/lib/builders/ProjectBuilder.js
index 984502544..d253e73eb 100644
--- a/lib/builders/ProjectBuilder.js
+++ b/lib/builders/ProjectBuilder.js
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ class ProjectBuilder {
         return {
             libs: findAllUniq(data, /^\s*android\.library\.reference\.\d+=(.*)(?:\s|$)/mg),
             gradleIncludes: findAllUniq(data, /^\s*cordova\.gradle\.include\.\d+=(.*)(?:\s|$)/mg),
-            systemLibs: findAllUniq(data, /^\s*cordova\.system\.library\.\d+=(.*)(?:\s|$)/mg)
+            systemLibs: findAllUniq(data, /^\s*cordova\.system\.library\.\d+=((?!.*\().*)(?:\s|$)/mg),
+            bomPlatforms: findAllUniq(data, /^\s*cordova\.system\.library\.\d+=platform\((?:'|")(.*)(?:'|")\)/mg)
         };
     }
 
@@ -234,11 +235,24 @@ class ProjectBuilder {
             [/^\/?google\/google_play_services\/libproject\/google-play-services_lib\/?$/, 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+']
         ];
 
+        propertiesObj.bomPlatforms.forEach(function (p) {
+            if (!/:.*:/.exec(p)) {
+                throw new CordovaError('Malformed BoM platform: ' + p);
+            }
+
+            // Add bom platform
+            depsList += '    implementation platform("' + p + '")\n';
+        });
+
         propertiesObj.systemLibs.forEach(function (p) {
             let mavenRef;
             // It's already in gradle form if it has two ':'s
             if (/:.*:/.exec(p)) {
                 mavenRef = p;
+            } else if (/:.*/.exec(p)) {
+                // Support BoM imports
+                mavenRef = p;
+                events.emit('warn', 'Library expects a BoM package: ' + p);
             } else {
                 for (let i = 0; i < SYSTEM_LIBRARY_MAPPINGS.length; ++i) {
                     const pair = SYSTEM_LIBRARY_MAPPINGS[i];