diff --git a/mkspecs/features/android/android_deployment_settings.prf b/mkspecs/features/android/android_deployment_settings.prf
index 0db3230ce7..ad826bdad3 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/android/android_deployment_settings.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/android/android_deployment_settings.prf
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ contains(TEMPLATE, ".*app"):!build_pass:!android-embedded {
     !isEmpty(ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR): \
         FILE_CONTENT += "   \"android-package-source-directory\": $$emitString($$ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR),"
 
+    # Android-specific version string
+    !isEmpty(ANDROID_VERSION_NAME): \
+        FILE_CONTENT += "   \"android-version-name\": $$emitString($$ANDROID_VERSION_NAME),"
+
+    # Android-specific version number
+    !isEmpty(ANDROID_VERSION_CODE): \
+        FILE_CONTENT += "   \"android-version-code\": $$emitString($$ANDROID_VERSION_CODE),"
+
     !isEmpty(ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS): \
         FILE_CONTENT += "   \"android-extra-libs\": $$emitString($$join(ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS, ",")),"
 
diff --git a/src/android/templates/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/android/templates/AndroidManifest.xml
index 100fc99e80..cb97002560 100644
--- a/src/android/templates/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/android/templates/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<manifest package="org.qtproject.example" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionName="1.0" android:versionCode="1" android:installLocation="auto">
+<manifest package="org.qtproject.example" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionName="-- %%INSERT_VERSION_NAME%% --" android:versionCode="-- %%INSERT_VERSION_CODE%% --" android:installLocation="auto">
     <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16" android:targetSdkVersion="28"/>
 
     <!-- The following comment will be replaced upon deployment with default permissions based on the dependencies of the application.
diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index af3a3ae39a..9402a1a881 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ struct Options
     QString rootPath;
     QStringList qmlImportPaths;
 
+    // Versioning
+    QString versionName;
+    QString versionCode;
+
     // lib c++ path
     QString stdCppPath;
     QString stdCppName = QStringLiteral("gnustl_shared");
@@ -756,6 +760,22 @@ bool readInputFile(Options *options)
             options->androidSourceDirectory = androidSourcesDirectory.toString();
     }
 
+    {
+        const QJsonValue androidVersionName = jsonObject.value(QStringLiteral("android-version-name"));
+        if (!androidVersionName.isUndefined())
+            options->versionName = androidVersionName.toString();
+        else
+            options->versionName = QStringLiteral("1.0");
+    }
+
+    {
+        const QJsonValue androidVersionCode = jsonObject.value(QStringLiteral("android-version-code"));
+        if (!androidVersionCode.isUndefined())
+            options->versionCode = androidVersionCode.toString();
+        else
+            options->versionCode = QStringLiteral("1");
+    }
+
     {
         const QJsonValue applicationBinary = jsonObject.value(QStringLiteral("application-binary"));
         if (applicationBinary.isUndefined()) {
@@ -1324,6 +1344,8 @@ bool updateAndroidManifest(Options &options)
     replacements[QLatin1String("-- %%INSERT_LOCAL_LIBS%% --")] = localLibs.join(QLatin1Char(':'));
     replacements[QLatin1String("-- %%INSERT_LOCAL_JARS%% --")] = options.localJars.join(QLatin1Char(':'));
     replacements[QLatin1String("-- %%INSERT_INIT_CLASSES%% --")] = options.initClasses.join(QLatin1Char(':'));
+    replacements[QLatin1String("-- %%INSERT_VERSION_NAME%% --")] = options.versionName;
+    replacements[QLatin1String("-- %%INSERT_VERSION_CODE%% --")] = options.versionCode;
     replacements[QLatin1String("package=\"org.qtproject.example\"")] = QString::fromLatin1("package=\"%1\"").arg(options.packageName);
     replacements[QLatin1String("-- %%BUNDLE_LOCAL_QT_LIBS%% --")]
             = (options.deploymentMechanism == Options::Bundled) ? QString::fromLatin1("1") : QString::fromLatin1("0");