diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
index 17004b10351..f76f202bba2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ bool AndroidRunnerWorker::uploadFile(const QString &from, const QString &to, con
     if (!f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
         return false;
     runAdb({"shell", "run-as", m_packageName, "rm", to});
-    auto res = runAdb({"shell", "run-as", m_packageName, QString("sh -c 'cat > %1'").arg(to)}, 60, f.readAll());
+    const QByteArray data = f.readAll();
+    const bool res = runAdb({"shell", "run-as", m_packageName, QString("sh -c 'base64 -d > %1'").arg(to)}, 60, data.toBase64());
     if (!res)
         return false;
     return runAdb({"shell", "run-as", m_packageName, "chmod", flags, to});