diff --git a/toolchain/Android.cmake b/toolchain/Android.cmake
--- a/toolchain/Android.cmake
+++ b/toolchain/Android.cmake
@@ -241,11 +241,13 @@
     set(EXECUTABLE_DESTINATION_PATH "${EXPORT_DIR}/libs/${ANDROID_ABI}/lib${QTANDROID_EXPORTED_TARGET}.so")
     set(QML_IMPORT_PATHS "")
     foreach(prefix ${ECM_ADDITIONAL_FIND_ROOT_PATH})
-        if(EXISTS "${prefix}/lib/qml")
+        # qmlimportscanner chokes on symlinks, so we need to resolve those first
+        get_filename_component(qml_path "${prefix}/lib/qml" REALPATH)
+        if(EXISTS ${qml_path})
             if (QML_IMPORT_PATHS)
-                set(QML_IMPORT_PATHS "${QML_IMPORT_PATHS},${prefix}/lib/qml")
+                set(QML_IMPORT_PATHS "${QML_IMPORT_PATHS},${qml_path}")
             else()
-                set(QML_IMPORT_PATHS "${prefix}/lib/qml")
+                set(QML_IMPORT_PATHS "${qml_path}")
             endif()
         endif()
     endforeach()