diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
index 4f1f151d74705..f7a8dacac61c9 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
@@ -345,7 +345,11 @@ private void setLocales(Configuration config) {
         List<String> data = new ArrayList<String>();
         data.add(locale.getLanguage());
         data.add(locale.getCountry());
-        data.add(locale.getScript());
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
+            data.add(locale.getScript());
+        } else {
+            data.add("");
+        }
         data.add(locale.getVariant());
         mFlutterLocalizationChannel.invokeMethod("setLocale", Arrays.asList(locale.getLanguage(), locale.getCountry(), locale.getScript(), locale.getVariant()));