diff --git a/mobile/library/java/src/io/envoyproxy/envoymobile/engine/AndroidEngineImpl.java b/mobile/library/java/src/io/envoyproxy/envoymobile/engine/AndroidEngineImpl.java
index 2ebbcb0210a7..076144ac26fd 100644
--- a/mobile/library/java/src/io/envoyproxy/envoymobile/engine/AndroidEngineImpl.java
+++ b/mobile/library/java/src/io/envoyproxy/envoymobile/engine/AndroidEngineImpl.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public int runWithConfig(String configurationYAML, String logLevel) {
 
   @Override
   public int runWithConfig(EnvoyConfiguration envoyConfiguration, String logLevel) {
-    return this.runWithConfig(envoyConfiguration, logLevel);
+    AndroidAppLifecycleMonitor monitor = new AndroidAppLifecycleMonitor();
+    application.registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks(monitor);
+    return envoyEngine.runWithConfig(envoyConfiguration, logLevel);
   }
 }