diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccfa8a2..0595d7d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ If you would like to get the most recent code in a jar, clone the project and ru
 
 You may also add the library as an Android Library to your project. All the library files live in ```library```.
 
+### R8 / ProGuard
+The specific rules are [already bundled](library/src/main/resources/META-INF/proguard/autocomplete.pro) into the JAR which can be interpreted by R8 automatically.
+
 Creating your auto complete view
 --------------------------------
 
diff --git a/example/build.gradle b/example/build.gradle
index 47e7fce..c5e84c1 100644
--- a/example/build.gradle
+++ b/example/build.gradle
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ android {
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
     buildTypes {
+        all {
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
+        }
         release {
-            minifyEnabled false
+            minifyEnabled true
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
     }
     compileOptions {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 973d43e..9c65764 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ POM_DEVELOPER_ID=mgod
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Marshall Weir
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=false
+# Enable R8 full mode.
+android.enableR8.fullMode=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m "-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m"
diff --git a/library/src/main/resources/META-INF/proguard/autocomplete.pro b/library/src/main/resources/META-INF/proguard/autocomplete.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6e59d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/src/main/resources/META-INF/proguard/autocomplete.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Keep generic types for R8 fullMode.
+-keep,allowobfuscation,allowshrinking class com.tokenautocomplete.TokenCompleteTextView
+-keep,allowobfuscation,allowshrinking class * extends com.tokenautocomplete.TokenCompleteTextView
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