diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
index c60a1f75a..b2a6050fc 100644
--- a/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -96,3 +96,7 @@
 }
 
 -dontwarn com.google.errorprone.annotations.*
+
+# work around a bug in proguard
+# see https://sourceforge.net/p/proguard/bugs/729/
+-keepnames public interface com.uber.autodispose.lifecycle.CorrespondingEventsFunction { *; }