diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 6fd32c2d29b..d993518665c 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ Options parseOptions()
         } else if (argument.compare(QLatin1String("--aab"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
             options.buildAAB = true;
             options.build = true;
+            options.jarSigner = true;
         } else if (options.buildAAB && argument.compare(QLatin1String("--no-build"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
             options.build = false;
         } else if (argument.compare(QLatin1String("--install"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {