diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 8e2c769..91f6497 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 def DEFAULT_COMPILE_SDK_VERSION             = 28
 def DEFAULT_TARGET_SDK_VERSION              = 28
 def DEFAULT_SUPPORT_LIB_VERSION             = "28.0.0"
-def DEFAULT_MIN_SDK_VERSION                 = 16
+def DEFAULT_MIN_SDK_VERSION                 = 21
 
 def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
     rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ android {
     compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', DEFAULT_COMPILE_SDK_VERSION)
 
     defaultConfig {
+        minSdkVersion 21
         minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', DEFAULT_MIN_SDK_VERSION)
         targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', DEFAULT_TARGET_SDK_VERSION)
         resValue "string", "places_api_key", (System.env.RNGP_ANDROID_API_KEY ? "$System.env.RNGP_ANDROID_API_KEY" : (rootProject.findProperty("RNGP_ANDROID_API_KEY") ?: "INSERT_KEY_HERE"))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e950c8..c317a1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,5 +31,11 @@
     "react": ">=15.4.0 || ^16.0.0-alpha",
     "react-native": ">=0.40.0"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {}
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "rnpm": {
+    "commands": {
+      "prelink": "node_modules/react-native-google-places/scripts/pre-link.sh",
+      "postlink": "node_modules/react-native-google-places/scripts/post-link.sh"
+    }
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/post-link-ios.rb b/scripts/post-link-ios.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..49ea271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/post-link-ios.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'xcodeproj'
+require 'tempfile'
+require 'fileutils'
+
+Dir.chdir('ios')
+
+@podfile_path = Pathname.pwd + 'Podfile'
+@pod_dep_arr = ['GooglePlaces', 'GoogleMaps', 'GooglePlacePicker']
+@pod_dep = @pod_dep_arr.map{|dep| "  pod '#{dep}'\n"}.join("")
+
+@project_paths= Pathname.pwd.children.select { |pn| pn.extname == '.xcodeproj' }
+raise 'No Xcode project found' unless @project_paths.length > 0
+raise 'Multiple Xcode projects found' unless @project_paths.length == 1
+project_path = @project_paths.first
+
+project = Xcodeproj::Project.open(project_path)
+main_target = project.targets.first
+
+puts "Checking Podfile in iOS project #{@podfile_path}"
+
+
+if File.exist? @podfile_path
+  puts 'Found an existing Podfile'
+  puts "Adding the following pod to Podfile\n#{@pod_dep}"
+  temp_file = Tempfile.new('Podfile_temp')
+  
+  File.readlines(@podfile_path).each do |line|
+    if line =~ /pod\s'GooglePlaces'/
+      @pod_dep_arr.delete('GooglePlaces')
+      puts 'GooglePlaces pod is already added'
+    elsif line =~ /pod\s'GoogleMaps'/
+      @pod_dep_arr.delete('GoogleMaps')
+      puts 'GoogleMaps pod is already added'
+    elsif line =~ /pod\s'GooglePlacePicker'/
+      @pod_dep_arr.delete('GooglePlacePicker')
+      puts 'GooglePlacePicker pod is already added'
+    end
+  end
+
+  begin
+    escaped_target_name = main_target.name.gsub(/'/, "\\\\\'")
+    File.readlines(@podfile_path).each do |line|
+      temp_file.puts(line)
+      @pod_dep_arr.each do |dep|
+        temp_file.puts("  pod '#{dep}'") if line =~ /target\s+'#{escaped_target_name}'\s+do/
+      end
+    end
+    temp_file.close
+    FileUtils.mv(temp_file.path, @podfile_path)
+  ensure
+    temp_file.delete
+  end
+else
+  puts 'Adding Podfile to iOS project'
+  podfile = ''
+
+  podfile << "# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project\n# platform :ios, '9.0'\n"
+  podfile << "\ntarget '#{main_target.name.gsub(/'/, "\\\\\'")}' do\n"
+  podfile << @pod_dep
+  podfile << "  inherit! :search_paths\n"
+  podfile << "end\n"
+  puts podfile
+  File.write(@podfile_path, podfile)
+end
+
+puts 'Installing Pods'
+
+system 'pod install'
diff --git a/scripts/post-link.sh b/scripts/post-link.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..10e66cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/post-link.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+	ruby $(dirname "$0")/post-link-ios.rb
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/pre-link.sh b/scripts/pre-link.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7cbad96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pre-link.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+  echo "Preparing to link react-native-google-places for iOS"
+
+  echo "Checking CocoaPods..."
+  has_cocoapods=`which pod >/dev/null 2>&1`
+  if [ -z "$has_cocoapods" ]
+  then
+    echo "CocoaPods already installed"
+  else
+    echo "Installing CocoaPods..."
+    gem install cocoapods
+  fi
+fi