diff --git a/lite/examples/object_detection/android/app/build.gradle b/lite/examples/object_detection/android/app/build.gradle
index 2e103f54342..9d567174870 100644
--- a/lite/examples/object_detection/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/lite/examples/object_detection/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -120,4 +120,9 @@ dependencies {
     // Import the GPU delegate plugin Library for GPU inference
     implementation 'org.tensorflow:tensorflow-lite-gpu-delegate-plugin:0.4.0'
     implementation 'org.tensorflow:tensorflow-lite-gpu:2.9.0'
+
+    //Viewmodels
+    def lifecycle_version = "2.4.0"
+    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:$lifecycle_version"
+    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:$lifecycle_version"
 }