diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
index ca6c072f909..4c47418c851 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
@@ -786,8 +786,9 @@ void AndroidBuildApkStep::doRun()
             return true; // use the generated file if it was not generated by qtcreator
 
         BuildSystem *bs = buildSystem();
-        const FilePaths targets = Utils::transform(bs->extraData(buildKey, Android::Constants::AndroidTargets).toStringList(),
-                                                   &FilePath::fromString);
+        const FilePaths targets = Utils::transform(
+                    bs->extraData(buildKey, Android::Constants::AndroidTargets).toStringList(),
+                    &FilePath::fromUserInput);
         if (targets.isEmpty())
             return inputExists; // qmake does this job for us