diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtWindow.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtWindow.java
index 135f61d0a02..47b6371ffdb 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtWindow.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtWindow.java
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ class QtWindow extends QtLayout implements QtSurfaceInterface {
         setParent(parentWindow);
         setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
 
+        // Views are by default visible, but QWindows are not.
+        // We should ideally pick up the actual QWindow state here,
+        // but QWindowPrivate::setVisible() expects to control the
+        // order of events tightly, so we need to wait for a call
+        // to QAndroidPlatformWindow::setVisible().
+        setVisible(false);
+
         if (!isForeignWindow) {
             m_editText = new QtEditText(context, listener);
             addView(m_editText, new QtLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformforeignwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformforeignwindow.cpp
index 6bb0081a810..3139114d0a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformforeignwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformforeignwindow.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ void QAndroidPlatformForeignWindow::setVisible(bool visible)
         return;
 
     QtAndroid::setViewVisibility(m_view.object(), visible);
+    m_nativeQtWindow.callMethod<void>("setVisible", visible);
 
     if (!visible && m_nativeViewInserted) {
         m_nativeQtWindow.callMethod<void>("removeNativeView");