diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.cpp
index 309e41bfd6f..6f1178e0416 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.cpp
@@ -72,20 +72,28 @@ namespace QtAndroidAccessibility
     static jmethodID m_setTextSelectionMethodID = 0;
     static jmethodID m_setVisibleToUserMethodID = 0;
 
+    static bool m_accessibilityActivated = false;
+
     void initialize()
     {
         QJNIObjectPrivate::callStaticMethod<void>(QtAndroid::applicationClass(),
                                                   "initializeAccessibility");
     }
 
+    bool isActive()
+    {
+        return m_accessibilityActivated;
+    }
+
     static void setActive(JNIEnv */*env*/, jobject /*thiz*/, jboolean active)
     {
         QMutexLocker lock(QtAndroid::platformInterfaceMutex());
         QAndroidPlatformIntegration *platformIntegration = QtAndroid::androidPlatformIntegration();
+        m_accessibilityActivated = active;
         if (platformIntegration)
             platformIntegration->accessibility()->setActive(active);
         else
-            __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, m_qtTag, "Could not activate platform accessibility.");
+            __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, m_qtTag, "Could not (yet) activate platform accessibility.");
     }
 
     QAccessibleInterface *interfaceFromId(jint objectId)
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.h b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.h
index f393ce0b08f..508ed4462b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidjniaccessibility.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace QtAndroidAccessibility
 {
     void initialize();
+    bool isActive();
     bool registerNatives(JNIEnv *env);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformintegration.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformintegration.cpp
index e0c437be278..ff59ca6bdee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformintegration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformintegration.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <qpa/qplatformoffscreensurface.h>
 
 #include "androidjnimain.h"
+#include "androidjniaccessibility.h"
 #include "qabstracteventdispatcher.h"
 #include "qandroideventdispatcher.h"
 #include "qandroidplatformbackingstore.h"
@@ -149,6 +150,12 @@ void QAndroidPlatformNativeInterface::customEvent(QEvent *event)
     QMutexLocker lock(QtAndroid::platformInterfaceMutex());
     QAndroidPlatformIntegration *api = static_cast<QAndroidPlatformIntegration *>(QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration());
     QtAndroid::setAndroidPlatformIntegration(api);
+
+#ifndef QT_NO_ACCESSIBILITY
+    // Android accessibility activation event might have been already received
+    api->accessibility()->setActive(QtAndroidAccessibility::isActive());
+#endif // QT_NO_ACCESSIBILITY
+
     api->flushPendingUpdates();
 }