diff --git a/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake b/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
index 91c968da370..f5869bd2288 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ function(qt_internal_android_test_arguments target timeout out_test_runner out_t
         "--path" "${apk_dir}"
         "--adb" "${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/platform-tools/adb"
         "--skip-install-root"
-        "--make" "${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} --target ${target}_make_apk"
+        "--make" "\"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" --build ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} --target ${target}_make_apk"
         "--apk" "${apk_dir}/${target}.apk"
         "--ndk-stack" "${ANDROID_NDK_ROOT}/ndk-stack"
         "--timeout" "${timeout}"
diff --git a/src/tools/androidtestrunner/main.cpp b/src/tools/androidtestrunner/main.cpp
index 79bd95820a0..baad678ec02 100644
--- a/src/tools/androidtestrunner/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androidtestrunner/main.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static bool execAdbCommand(const QStringList &args, QByteArray *output = nullptr
 
 static bool execCommand(const QString &command, QByteArray *output = nullptr, bool verbose = true)
 {
-    auto args = command.split(u' ');
+    auto args = QProcess::splitCommand(command);
     const auto program = args.first();
     args.removeOne(program);
     return execCommand(program, args, output, verbose);