diff --git a/toolchain/Android.cmake b/toolchain/Android.cmake
--- a/toolchain/Android.cmake
+++ b/toolchain/Android.cmake
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
     foreach(idx RANGE 0 ${last})
         list(GET QTANDROID_EXPORTED_TARGET ${idx} exportedTarget)
         list(GET ANDROID_APK_DIR ${idx} APK_DIR)
-        if(APK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS "${APK_DIR}/AndroidManifest.xml")
+        if(APK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS "${ANDROID_APK_DIR}/AndroidManifest.xml" AND IS_ABSOLUTE ANDROID_APK_DIR)
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find ${APK_DIR}/AndroidManifest.xml according to ANDROID_APK_DIR. ${ANDROID_APK_DIR} ${exportedTarget}")
         elseif(NOT APK_DIR)
             get_filename_component(_qt5Core_install_prefix "${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../" ABSOLUTE)