diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 9c84f3c8f57..ab5d1baa66a 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -2784,7 +2784,7 @@ bool jarSignerSignPackage(const Options &options)
     auto signPackage = [&](const QString &file) {
         fprintf(stdout, "Signing file %s\n", qPrintable(file));
         fflush(stdout);
-        auto command = jarSignerTool + QLatin1String(" %1 %2")
+        QString command = jarSignerTool + QLatin1String(" %1 %2")
                 .arg(file)
                 .arg(shellQuote(options.keyStoreAlias));