diff --git a/android/tangram/src/main/java/com/mapzen/tangram/MapController.java b/android/tangram/src/main/java/com/mapzen/tangram/MapController.java
index 6f4c6a4326..25b1d25268 100644
--- a/android/tangram/src/main/java/com/mapzen/tangram/MapController.java
+++ b/android/tangram/src/main/java/com/mapzen/tangram/MapController.java
@@ -920,10 +920,11 @@ boolean setMarkerPoint(long markerId, double lng, double lat) {
         return nativeMarkerSetPoint(mapPointer, markerId, lng, lat);
     }
 
-    boolean setMarkerPointEased(long markerId, double lng, double lat, float duration, EaseType ease) {
+    boolean setMarkerPointEased(long markerId, double lng, double lat, int duration, EaseType ease) {
         checkPointer(mapPointer);
         checkId(markerId);
-        return nativeMarkerSetPointEased(mapPointer, markerId, lng, lat, duration, ease.ordinal());
+        float seconds = duration / 1000.f;
+        return nativeMarkerSetPointEased(mapPointer, markerId, lng, lat, seconds, ease.ordinal());
     }
 
     boolean setMarkerPolyline(long markerId, double[] coordinates, int count) {
diff --git a/android/tangram/src/main/java/com/mapzen/tangram/Marker.java b/android/tangram/src/main/java/com/mapzen/tangram/Marker.java
index 83c0164fd6..de8a9ad7e5 100644
--- a/android/tangram/src/main/java/com/mapzen/tangram/Marker.java
+++ b/android/tangram/src/main/java/com/mapzen/tangram/Marker.java
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ public boolean setPoint(LngLat point) {
     /**
      * Sets the coordinate location, where the marker should be displayed with animation.
      * @param point lat/lng location
-     * @param duration animation duration
+     * @param duration animation duration in milliseconds
      * @param ease animation type
      * @return whether the point was successfully set
      */
-    public boolean setPointEased(LngLat point, float duration, MapController.EaseType ease) {
+    public boolean setPointEased(LngLat point, int duration, MapController.EaseType ease) {
         if (point == null) {
             return false;
         }