diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
index 5750437594..fdc4981c3f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ function(qt6_android_add_apk_target target)
 
     set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY _qt_apk_targets ${target})
     _qt_internal_collect_apk_dependencies_defer()
+    _qt_internal_collect_apk_imported_dependencies_defer("${target}")
 endfunction()
 
 function(_qt_internal_create_global_android_targets)
@@ -654,6 +655,81 @@ function(_qt_internal_collect_buildsystem_shared_libraries out_var subdir)
     set(${out_var} "${result}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
+# This function collects all imported shared libraries that might be dependencies for
+# the main apk targets. The actual collection is deferred until the target's directory scope
+# is processed.
+# The function requires CMake 3.21 or later.
+function(_qt_internal_collect_apk_imported_dependencies_defer target)
+    # User opted-out of the functionality.
+    if(QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    get_target_property(target_source_dir "${target}" SOURCE_DIR)
+    if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.21")
+        cmake_language(EVAL CODE "cmake_language(DEFER DIRECTORY \"${target_source_dir}\"
+            CALL _qt_internal_collect_apk_imported_dependencies \"${target}\")")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
+# This function collects imported shared libraries that might be dependencies for
+# the main apk targets. It stores their locations on a custom target property for the given target.
+# The function requires CMake 3.21 or later.
+function(_qt_internal_collect_apk_imported_dependencies target)
+    # User opted-out the functionality
+    if(QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    get_target_property(target_source_dir "${target}" SOURCE_DIR)
+    _qt_internal_collect_imported_shared_libraries_recursive(libs "${target_source_dir}")
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES libs)
+
+    foreach(lib IN LISTS libs)
+        list(APPEND extra_library_dirs "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${lib}>")
+    endforeach()
+
+    set_property(TARGET "${target}" APPEND PROPERTY
+        _qt_android_extra_library_dirs "${extra_library_dirs}"
+    )
+endfunction()
+
+# This function recursively walks the current directory and its parent directories to collect
+# imported shared library targets.
+# The recursion goes upwards instead of downwards because imported targets are usually not global,
+# and we can't call get_target_property() on a target which is not available in the current
+# directory or parent scopes.
+# We also can't cache parent directories because the imported targets in a parent directory
+# might change in-between collection calls.
+# The function requires CMake 3.21 or later.
+function(_qt_internal_collect_imported_shared_libraries_recursive out_var subdir)
+    set(result "")
+
+    get_directory_property(imported_targets DIRECTORY "${subdir}" IMPORTED_TARGETS)
+    foreach(imported_target IN LISTS imported_targets)
+        get_target_property(target_type "${imported_target}" TYPE)
+        if(target_type STREQUAL "SHARED_LIBRARY" OR target_type STREQUAL "MODULE_LIBRARY")
+            # If the target has the _qt_package_version property set, it means it's an
+            # 'official' qt target like a module or plugin, so we don't want to add it
+            # to the list of extra paths to scan for in androiddeployqt, because they are
+            # already handled via the regular 'qt' code path in the androiddeployqt.
+            # Thus this will pick up only non-qt 3rd party targets.
+            get_target_property(qt_package_version "${imported_target}" _qt_package_version)
+            if(NOT qt_package_version)
+                list(APPEND result "${imported_target}")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+
+    get_directory_property(parent_dir DIRECTORY "${subdir}" PARENT_DIRECTORY)
+    if(parent_dir)
+        _qt_internal_collect_imported_shared_libraries_recursive(result_inner "${parent_dir}")
+    endif()
+
+    list(APPEND result ${result_inner})
+    set(${out_var} "${result}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 # This function allows deciding whether apks should be built as part of the ALL target at first
 # add_executable call point, rather than when the 'apk' target is created as part of the
 # find_package(Core) call.
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/cmake-configure-variables.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/cmake-configure-variables.qdoc
index 4b759c649b..bef29a6a94 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/cmake-configure-variables.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/cmake-configure-variables.qdoc
@@ -225,6 +225,33 @@ resolving dependencies between libraries.
 Set \c QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS to \c TRUE to disable this behavior.
 
 \sa {qt6_finalize_project}{qt_finalize_project()}
+\sa {cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS}{QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS}
+*/
+
+/*!
+\page cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS.html
+\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
+
+\title QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS
+\target cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS
+
+\summary {Prevents collecting of imported targets during Android deployment.}
+
+\cmakevariablesince 6.5
+\preliminarycmakevariable
+\cmakevariableandroidonly
+
+When using CMake version 3.21 or later, the build system collects the locations of
+imported shared library targets that might be relevant for deployment.
+The collected targets are those that are reachable from the the directory scope
+of the currently processed executable target. That includes the target's source directory
+scope and its parents.
+The collected locations are passed to \l androiddeployqt for deployment consideration when
+resolving dependencies between libraries.
+Set \c QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS to \c TRUE to disable this behavior.
+
+\sa {qt6_finalize_project}{qt_finalize_project()}
+\sa {cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS}{QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS}
 */
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_finalize_project.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_finalize_project.qdoc
index 5cd6a9fdaf..beee18ed80 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_finalize_project.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_finalize_project.qdoc
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ function:
 \snippet cmake-macros/examples.cmake qt_finalize_project_manual
 
 \sa {cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS}{QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS}
+\sa {cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS}{QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS}
 */