diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
index 213dc4cb549..517c35e9f05 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeploystep.cpp
@@ -96,11 +96,14 @@ void AndroidDeployStep::ctor()
 bool AndroidDeployStep::init()
 {
     m_packageName = AndroidManager::packageName(target());
-    const QString targetSDK = AndroidManager::buildTargetSDK(target());
+    m_deviceAPILevel = AndroidManager::minimumSDK(target());
     m_targetArch = AndroidManager::targetArch(target());
 
-    writeOutput(tr("Please wait, searching for a suitable device for target:%1, ABI:%2").arg(targetSDK).arg(m_targetArch));
-    m_deviceAPILevel = targetSDK.mid(targetSDK.indexOf(QLatin1Char('-')) + 1).toInt();
+    if (m_deviceAPILevel == 0) // minimum api level is unset
+        writeOutput(tr("Please wait, searching for a suitable device for target: ABI:%2").arg(m_targetArch));
+    else
+        writeOutput(tr("Please wait, searching for a suitable device for target: API %1, ABI:%2").arg(m_deviceAPILevel).arg(m_targetArch));
+
     QString error;
     m_deviceSerialNumber = AndroidConfigurations::instance().getDeployDeviceSerialNumber(&m_deviceAPILevel, m_targetArch, &error);
     if (!error.isEmpty())
@@ -196,10 +199,8 @@ QVariantMap AndroidDeployStep::toMap() const
 
 void AndroidDeployStep::cleanLibsOnDevice()
 {
-    const QString targetSDK = AndroidManager::buildTargetSDK(target());
     const QString targetArch = AndroidManager::targetArch(target());
-
-    int deviceAPILevel = targetSDK.mid(targetSDK.indexOf(QLatin1Char('-')) + 1).toInt();
+    int deviceAPILevel = AndroidManager::minimumSDK(target());
     QString deviceSerialNumber = AndroidConfigurations::instance().getDeployDeviceSerialNumber(&deviceAPILevel, targetArch);
     if (deviceSerialNumber.isEmpty()) {
         QString avdName = AndroidConfigurations::instance().findAvd(&deviceAPILevel, targetArch);
@@ -258,8 +259,7 @@ void AndroidDeployStep::kitUpdated(Kit *kit)
 void AndroidDeployStep::installQASIPackage(const QString &packagePath)
 {
     const QString targetArch = AndroidManager::targetArch(target());
-    const QString targetSDK = AndroidManager::buildTargetSDK(target());
-    int deviceAPILevel = targetSDK.mid(targetSDK.indexOf(QLatin1Char('-')) + 1).toInt();
+    int deviceAPILevel = AndroidManager::minimumSDK(target());
     QString deviceSerialNumber = AndroidConfigurations::instance().getDeployDeviceSerialNumber(&deviceAPILevel, targetArch);
     if (deviceSerialNumber.isEmpty()) {
         QString avdName = AndroidConfigurations::instance().findAvd(&deviceAPILevel, targetArch);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
index 01d0f3efa24..d01eff6a1b1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,24 @@ QString AndroidManager::activityName(ProjectExplorer::Target *target)
     return activityElem.attribute(QLatin1String("android:name"));
 }
 
+int AndroidManager::minimumSDK(ProjectExplorer::Target *target)
+{
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    if (!openManifest(target, doc))
+        return 0;
+    QDomElement manifestElem = doc.documentElement();
+    QDomElement usesSdk = manifestElem.firstChildElement(QLatin1String("uses-sdk"));
+    if (usesSdk.isNull())
+        return 0;
+    if (usesSdk.hasAttribute(QLatin1String("android:minSdkVersion"))) {
+        bool ok;
+        int tmp = usesSdk.attribute(QLatin1String("android:minSdkVersion")).toInt(&ok);
+        if (ok)
+            return tmp;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 QString AndroidManager::buildTargetSDK(ProjectExplorer::Target *target)
 {
     QVariant v = target->namedSettings(QLatin1String("AndroidManager.TargetSdk"));
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
index c790d89cdbf..cbbfb7c73c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public:
 
     static QString buildTargetSDK(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
     static bool setBuildTargetSDK(ProjectExplorer::Target *target, const QString &sdk);
+    static int minimumSDK(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
 
     static QString targetArch(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);