diff --git a/readmoretextview/build.gradle b/readmoretextview/build.gradle
index 1fefb5e..9326407 100644
--- a/readmoretextview/build.gradle
+++ b/readmoretextview/build.gradle
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.support:support-compat:27.0.0'
+    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.0'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }
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diff --git a/readmoretextview/src/main/java/com/borjabravo/readmoretextview/ReadMoreTextView.java b/readmoretextview/src/main/java/com/borjabravo/readmoretextview/ReadMoreTextView.java
index f560151..2c45be6 100644
--- a/readmoretextview/src/main/java/com/borjabravo/readmoretextview/ReadMoreTextView.java
+++ b/readmoretextview/src/main/java/com/borjabravo/readmoretextview/ReadMoreTextView.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
+import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.TextPaint;
@@ -28,9 +29,8 @@
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewTreeObserver;
-import android.widget.TextView;
 
-public class ReadMoreTextView extends TextView {
+public class ReadMoreTextView extends AppCompatTextView {
 
     private static final int TRIM_MODE_LINES = 0;
     private static final int TRIM_MODE_LENGTH = 1;