diff --git a/cmake/QtAndroidHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtAndroidHelpers.cmake
index 5bfabdfb7a0..0743fe41a96 100644
--- a/cmake/QtAndroidHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtAndroidHelpers.cmake
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ function(qt_internal_android_dependencies target)
     # Module plugins
     if(module_plugin_types)
         foreach(plugin IN LISTS module_plugin_types)
-            string(APPEND file_contents "<bundled file=\"${INSTALL_PLUGINSDIR}/${plugin}\" />\n")
+            string(APPEND file_contents
+                "<bundled file=\"${INSTALL_PLUGINSDIR}/${plugin}\" type=\"plugin_dir\"/>\n")
         endforeach()
     endif()
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
index be00bae347d..3e418efc763 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ function(qt6_android_generate_deployment_settings target)
     _qt_internal_add_android_deployment_property(file_contents "android-no-deploy-qt-libs"
         ${target} "QT_ANDROID_NO_DEPLOY_QT_LIBS")
 
+    __qt_internal_collect_plugin_targets_from_dependencies("${target}" plugin_targets)
+    __qt_internal_collect_plugin_library_files("${target}" "${plugin_targets}" plugin_targets)
+    string(APPEND file_contents "   \"android-deploy-plugins\":\"${plugin_targets}\",\n")
+
     # App binary
     string(APPEND file_contents
         "   \"application-binary\": \"${target_output_name}\",\n")
@@ -303,7 +307,7 @@ function(qt6_android_generate_deployment_settings target)
     # content end
     string(APPEND file_contents "}\n")
 
-    file(GENERATE OUTPUT ${deploy_file} CONTENT ${file_contents})
+    file(GENERATE OUTPUT ${deploy_file} CONTENT "${file_contents}")
 
     set_target_properties(${target}
         PROPERTIES
diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 45d06f731b8..665bcdae272 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ struct Options
     QString qtQmlDirectory;
     QString qtHostDirectory;
     std::vector<QString> extraPrefixDirs;
+    QStringList androidDeployPlugins;
     // Unlike 'extraPrefixDirs', the 'extraLibraryDirs' key doesn't expect the 'lib' subfolder
     // when looking for dependencies.
     std::vector<QString> extraLibraryDirs;
@@ -1010,6 +1011,11 @@ bool readInputFile(Options *options)
         }
     }
 
+    {
+        const auto androidDeployPlugins = jsonObject.value("android-deploy-plugins"_L1).toString();
+        options->androidDeployPlugins = androidDeployPlugins.split(";"_L1, Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+    }
+
     {
         const auto extraLibraryDirs = jsonObject.value("extraLibraryDirs"_L1).toArray();
         options->extraLibraryDirs.reserve(extraLibraryDirs.size());
@@ -1881,6 +1887,32 @@ QList<QtDependency> findFilesRecursively(const Options &options, const QString &
     return deps;
 }
 
+void readDependenciesFromFiles(Options *options, const QList<QtDependency> &files,
+                               QSet<QString> &usedDependencies,
+                               QSet<QString> &remainingDependencies)
+{
+    for (const QtDependency &fileName : files) {
+        if (usedDependencies.contains(fileName.absolutePath))
+            continue;
+
+        if (fileName.absolutePath.endsWith(".so"_L1)) {
+            if (!readDependenciesFromElf(options, fileName.absolutePath, &usedDependencies,
+                                         &remainingDependencies)) {
+                fprintf(stdout, "Skipping file dependency: %s\n",
+                        qPrintable(fileName.relativePath));
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+        usedDependencies.insert(fileName.absolutePath);
+
+        if (options->verbose) {
+            fprintf(stdout, "Appending file dependency: %s\n", qPrintable(fileName.relativePath));
+        }
+
+        options->qtDependencies[options->currentArchitecture].append(fileName);
+    }
+}
+
 bool readAndroidDependencyXml(Options *options,
                               const QString &moduleName,
                               QSet<QString> *usedDependencies,
@@ -1911,29 +1943,15 @@ bool readAndroidDependencyXml(Options *options,
 
                     QString file = reader.attributes().value("file"_L1).toString();
 
-                    const QList<QtDependency> fileNames = findFilesRecursively(*options, file);
-
-                    for (const QtDependency &fileName : fileNames) {
-                        if (usedDependencies->contains(fileName.absolutePath))
-                            continue;
-
-                        if (fileName.absolutePath.endsWith(".so"_L1)) {
-                            QSet<QString> remainingDependencies;
-                            if (!readDependenciesFromElf(options, fileName.absolutePath,
-                                                         usedDependencies,
-                                                         &remainingDependencies)) {
-                                fprintf(stdout, "Skipping dependencies from xml: %s\n",
-                                        qPrintable(fileName.relativePath));
-                                continue;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        usedDependencies->insert(fileName.absolutePath);
-
-                        if (options->verbose)
-                            fprintf(stdout, "Appending dependency from xml: %s\n", qPrintable(fileName.relativePath));
-
-                        options->qtDependencies[options->currentArchitecture].append(fileName);
+                    if (reader.attributes().hasAttribute("type"_L1)
+                        && reader.attributes().value("type"_L1) == "plugin_dir"_L1
+                        && !options->androidDeployPlugins.isEmpty()) {
+                        continue;
                     }
+
+                    const QList<QtDependency> fileNames = findFilesRecursively(*options, file);
+                    readDependenciesFromFiles(options, fileNames, *usedDependencies,
+                                              *remainingDependencies);
                 } else if (reader.name() == "jar"_L1) {
                     int bundling = reader.attributes().value("bundling"_L1).toInt();
                     QString fileName = QDir::cleanPath(reader.attributes().value("file"_L1).toString());
@@ -2410,6 +2428,14 @@ bool readDependencies(Options *options)
     if (!readDependenciesFromElf(options, "%1/libs/%2/lib%3_%2.so"_L1.arg(options->outputDirectory, options->currentArchitecture, options->applicationBinary), &usedDependencies, &remainingDependencies))
         return false;
 
+    QList<QtDependency> pluginDeps;
+    for (const auto &pluginPath : options->androidDeployPlugins) {
+        pluginDeps.append(findFilesRecursively(*options, QFileInfo(pluginPath),
+                                               options->qtInstallDirectory + "/"_L1));
+    }
+
+    readDependenciesFromFiles(options, pluginDeps, usedDependencies, remainingDependencies);
+
     while (!remainingDependencies.isEmpty()) {
         QSet<QString>::iterator start = remainingDependencies.begin();
         QString fileName = absoluteFilePath(options, *start);