diff --git a/buildozer/__init__.py b/buildozer/__init__.py
index 4d9702e..72ef3d9 100644
--- a/buildozer/__init__.py
+++ b/buildozer/__init__.py
@@ -670,10 +670,6 @@ class Buildozer(object):
     def app_dir(self):
         return join(self.buildozer_dir, self.targetname, 'app')
 
-    @property
-    def packages_dir(self):
-        return join(self.buildozer_dir, self.targetname, 'packages')
-
     @property
     def applibs_dir(self):
         return join(self.buildozer_dir, 'applibs')
@@ -686,6 +682,10 @@ class Buildozer(object):
     def global_platform_dir(self):
         return join(self.global_buildozer_dir, self.targetname, 'platform')
 
+    @property
+    def global_packages_dir(self):
+        return join(self.global_buildozer_dir, self.targetname, 'packages')
+
     @property
     def global_cache_dir(self):
         return join(self.global_buildozer_dir, 'cache')
diff --git a/buildozer/targets/android.py b/buildozer/targets/android.py
index 46823e9..ea48d9e 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/android.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/android.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
         self.check_configuration_tokens()
 
         self.buildozer.environ.update({
-            'PACKAGES_PATH': self.buildozer.packages_dir,
+            'PACKAGES_PATH': self.buildozer.global_packages_dir,
             'ANDROIDSDK': self.android_sdk_dir,
             'ANDROIDNDK': self.android_ndk_dir,
             'ANDROIDAPI': self.android_api,