diff --git a/cmake/QtTestHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtTestHelpers.cmake
index 1edb412908d..4978f955382 100644
--- a/cmake/QtTestHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtTestHelpers.cmake
@@ -585,9 +585,14 @@ function(qt_internal_add_test name)
                 message(WARNING "The argument BUNDLE_ANDROID_OPENSSL_LIBS is set "
                 "but OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR parameter is not set.")
             else()
-                set_property(TARGET ${name} APPEND PROPERTY QT_ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS
-                    "${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/${CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI}/libcrypto_3.so"
-                    "${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/${CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI}/libssl_3.so")
+                if(EXISTS "${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/${CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI}/libcrypto_3.so")
+                    set_property(TARGET ${name} APPEND PROPERTY QT_ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS
+                        "${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/${CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI}/libcrypto_3.so"
+                        "${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/${CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI}/libssl_3.so")
+                else()
+                    message(STATUS "Test should bundle OpenSSL libraries but they are not found."
+                                    " This is fine if OpenSSL was built statically.")
+                endif()
             endif()
         endif()
         qt_internal_android_test_arguments("${name}" test_executable extra_test_args)