diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 9f7ab72f0bf..d45a4a5784f 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -1892,12 +1892,22 @@ bool scanImports(Options *options, QSet<QString> *usedDependencies)
 #endif
 
     QStringList importPaths;
-    importPaths += shellQuote(options->qtInstallDirectory + QLatin1String("/qml"));
 
+    // In Conan's case, qtInstallDirectory will point only to qtbase installed files, which
+    // lacks a qml directory. We don't want to pass it as an import path if it doesn't exist
+    // because it will cause qmlimportscanner to fail.
+    // This also covers the case when only qtbase is installed in a regular Qt build.
+    const QString mainImportPath = options->qtInstallDirectory + QLatin1String("/qml");
+    if (QDir().exists(mainImportPath))
+        importPaths += shellQuote(mainImportPath);
+
+    // These are usually provided by CMake in the deployment json file from paths specified
+    // in CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH. They might not have qml modules.
     for (const QString &prefix : options->extraPrefixDirs)
         if (QDir().exists(prefix + QLatin1String("/qml")))
             importPaths += shellQuote(prefix + QLatin1String("/qml"));
 
+    // These are provided by both CMake and qmake.
     for (const QString &qmlImportPath : qAsConst(options->qmlImportPaths)) {
         if (QDir().exists(qmlImportPath)) {
             importPaths += shellQuote(qmlImportPath);