diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
index 97a99231538..cd8932c3e05 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ function(qt6_android_add_apk_target target)
     if(QT_ENABLE_VERBOSE_DEPLOYMENT)
         list(APPEND extra_args "--verbose")
     endif()
+    if(QT_ANDROID_DEPLOY_RELEASE)
+        list(APPEND extra_args "--release")
+    endif()
 
     _qt_internal_check_depfile_support(has_depfile_support)
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/cmake-configure-variables.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/cmake-configure-variables.qdoc
index 3463e54c129..249326cfd1b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/cmake-configure-variables.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/cmake-configure-variables.qdoc
@@ -79,6 +79,25 @@ out as part of the deployment settings for a target.
 \sa{qt6_android_generate_deployment_settings}{qt_android_generate_deployment_settings()}
 */
 
+/*!
+\page cmake-variable-qt-android-deploy-release.html
+\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
+
+\title QT_ANDROID_DEPLOY_RELEASE
+\target cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_DEPLOY_RELEASE
+
+\summary {Set the package type as a release}
+
+\cmakevariablesince 6.5.1
+\preliminarycmakevariable
+\cmakevariableandroidonly
+
+Setting \c{QT_ANDROID_DEPLOY_RELEASE} to true allows to create release package by passing --release
+flag to androiddeployqt tool.
+
+\sa {androiddeployqt}
+*/
+
 /*!
 \page cmake_variable-qt-android-multi-abi-forward-vars
 \ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore