diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index abc4058bf39..ee701a2c631 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ qt_internal_add_module(Core
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Qt6CoreDeploySupport.cmake"
     "${config_build_dir}/QtInstallPaths.cmake"
     ${corelib_extra_cmake_files}
+    POLICIES
+        QTP0002
 )
 _qt_internal_setup_deploy_support()
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
index 2187e54cf08..6f9cd8ec125 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
@@ -881,7 +881,14 @@ endfunction()
 # It doesn't overwrite public properties, but instead writes formatted values to internal
 # properties.
 function(_qt_internal_android_format_deployment_paths target)
-    if(QT_BUILD_STANDALONE_TESTS OR QT_BUILDING_QT)
+    __qt_internal_setup_policy(QTP0002 "6.6.0"
+        "Target properties that specify android-specific paths may contain generator\
+        expressions but they must evaluate to valid JSON strings.\
+        Check https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qt-cmake-policy-qtp0002.html for policy details."
+    )
+    qt6_policy(GET QTP0002 android_deployment_paths_policy)
+    if(QT_BUILD_STANDALONE_TESTS OR QT_BUILDING_QT OR
+        android_deployment_paths_policy STREQUAL "NEW")
         # When building standalone tests or Qt itself we obligate developers to not use
         # windows paths when setting QT_* properties below, so their values are used as is when
         # generating deployment settings.
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/policy/qtp0002.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/policy/qtp0002.qdoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4416ac132ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/policy/qtp0002.qdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
+
+/*!
+\page qt-cmake-policy-qtp0002.html
+\ingroup qt-cmake-policies
+
+\title QTP0002
+\keyword qt_cmake_policy_qtp0002
+
+\summary {Target properties that specify Android-specific paths may contain generator expressions.}
+
+This policy was introduced in Qt 6.6. It changes the processing of target
+properties that specify Android-specific paths:
+\list
+    \li \l QT_QML_IMPORT_PATH
+    \li \l QT_QML_ROOT_PATH
+    \li \l QT_ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR
+    \li \l QT_ANDROID_EXTRA_PLUGINS
+    \li \l QT_ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS
+\endlist
+
+The \c OLD behavior of this policy doesn't allow generator expressions in the
+target properties that specify Android-specific paths but implicitly converts
+the specified paths to valid JSON strings.
+
+The \c NEW behavior of this policy allows using generator expressions in the
+target properties that specify Android-specific paths, but they must evaluate to
+valid JSON strings.
+
+The following value of the \l QT_ANDROID_EXTRA_PLUGINS property is converted to
+a valid JSON string if you set the policy to OLD, but leads to an error if the
+policy is set to NEW:
+\badcode
+set_target_properties(
+    QT_ANDROID_EXTRA_PLUGINS "\\path\\to\\MyPlugin.so"
+)
+\endcode
+If the policy is set to NEW for the above example, the resulting JSON string in
+the deployment settings file will contain escaped symbols instead of path
+separators.
+
+Generator expressions are only supported if the policy is set to NEW, so the
+OLD behavior generates a malformed deployment settings file with the following
+code:
+\badcode
+set_target_properties(
+    QT_ANDROID_EXTRA_PLUGINS "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:MyPlugin>"
+)
+\endcode
+
+This property value works as expected with both OLD and NEW policy values:
+\badcode
+set_target_properties(
+    QT_ANDROID_EXTRA_PLUGINS "/path/to/MyPlugin.so"
+)
+\endcode
+
+\note The \c{OLD} behavior of a policy is deprecated, and may
+be removed in the future.
+
+\sa qt_policy, {Qt CMake policies}
+
+*/