diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative.java
index 40b3a79bf0a..fc4bcddaedf 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative.java
@@ -329,6 +329,11 @@ public class QtNative
         }
     }
 
+    public static boolean checkIfWritable(Context context, String contentUrl)
+    {
+        return getUriWithValidPermission(context, contentUrl, "w") != null;
+    }
+
     public static boolean checkIfDir(Context context, String contentUrl)
     {
         boolean isDir = false;
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.cpp
index bdbf2186baa..749ce136b67 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidcontentfileengine.cpp
@@ -103,10 +103,17 @@ AndroidContentFileEngine::FileFlags AndroidContentFileEngine::fileFlags(FileFlag
             QJNIObjectPrivate::fromString(fileName(DefaultName)).object());
     if (!exists && !isDir)
         return flags;
-    if (isDir)
+    if (isDir) {
         flags = DirectoryType | commonFlags;
-    else
+    } else {
         flags = FileType | commonFlags;
+        const bool writable = QJNIObjectPrivate::callStaticMethod<jboolean>(
+            "org/qtproject/qt/android/QtNative", "checkIfWritable",
+            "(Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/lang/String;)Z", QtAndroidPrivate::context(),
+            QJNIObjectPrivate::fromString(fileName(DefaultName)).object());
+        if (writable)
+            flags |= WriteOwnerPerm|WriteUserPerm|WriteGroupPerm|WriteOtherPerm;
+    }
     return type & flags;
 }