diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index fec18bc4..67f4e408 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -50,5 +50,21 @@
                 android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                 android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
         </provider>
+
+        <!-- On-demand WorkManager initialization: MinstrelApplication
+             implements Configuration.Provider and supplies the
+             HiltWorkerFactory. Remove the default startup-driven
+             initializer so WorkManager picks up our config instead of
+             auto-initializing with the wrong factory. lintVitalRelease
+             flags this as a fatal error if left in place. -->
+        <provider
+            android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
+            android:authorities="${applicationId}.androidx-startup"
+            tools:node="merge">
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="androidx.work.WorkManagerInitializer"
+                android:value="androidx.startup"
+                tools:node="remove" />
+        </provider>
     </application>
 </manifest>