diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 3d378024c9e..80612d34ac8 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -2295,6 +2295,7 @@ bool buildAndroidProject(const Options &options)
 
     QString gradlePropertiesPath = options.outputDirectory + QLatin1String("gradle.properties");
     GradleProperties gradleProperties = readGradleProperties(gradlePropertiesPath);
+    gradleProperties["android.bundle.enableUncompressedNativeLibs"] = "false";
     gradleProperties["buildDir"] = "build";
     gradleProperties["qt5AndroidDir"] = (options.qtInstallDirectory + QLatin1String("/src/android/java")).toUtf8();
     gradleProperties["androidCompileSdkVersion"] = options.androidPlatform.split(QLatin1Char('-')).last().toLocal8Bit();