diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         android:icon="@drawable/icon"
         android:label="KDE Connect"
         android:supportsRtl="true"
+        android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
         android:theme="@style/KdeConnectTheme">
         <service
             android:name="org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService"
diff --git a/res/xml/network_security_config.xml b/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<network-security-config>
+    <!--Set application-wide security config using base-config tag.-->
+    <base-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true"/>
+</network-security-config>
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