diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 19167f951..f7ffae8fd 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ android {
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
     }
+    buildTypes.each {
+        it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', MyOpenWeatherMapApiKey
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/sunshine/app/ForecastFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/sunshine/app/ForecastFragment.java
index 7b5ada34d..b62c711d7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/sunshine/app/ForecastFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/sunshine/app/ForecastFragment.java
@@ -276,12 +276,14 @@ protected String[] doInBackground(String... params) {
                 final String FORMAT_PARAM = "mode";
                 final String UNITS_PARAM = "units";
                 final String DAYS_PARAM = "cnt";
+                final String APPID_PARAM = "APPID";
 
                 Uri builtUri = Uri.parse(FORECAST_BASE_URL).buildUpon()
                         .appendQueryParameter(QUERY_PARAM, params[0])
                         .appendQueryParameter(FORMAT_PARAM, format)
                         .appendQueryParameter(UNITS_PARAM, units)
                         .appendQueryParameter(DAYS_PARAM, Integer.toString(numDays))
+                        .appendQueryParameter(APPID_PARAM, BuildConfig.OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY)
                         .build();
 
                 URL url = new URL(builtUri.toString());