diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
index 0459355b041..69e43e178c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDomDocument>
+#include <QVersionNumber>
 
 namespace {
     const QLatin1String AndroidManifestName("AndroidManifest.xml");
@@ -565,16 +566,16 @@ bool AndroidManager::updateGradleProperties(ProjectExplorer::Target *target)
     gradleProperties["buildDir"] = ".build";
     gradleProperties["androidCompileSdkVersion"] = buildTargetSDK(target).split(QLatin1Char('-')).last().toLocal8Bit();
     if (gradleProperties["androidBuildToolsVersion"].isEmpty()) {
-        QString maxVersion;
+        QVersionNumber maxVersion;
         QDir buildToolsDir(AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig().sdkLocation().appendPath(QLatin1String("build-tools")).toString());
         foreach (const QFileInfo &file, buildToolsDir.entryList(QDir::Dirs|QDir::NoDotAndDotDot)) {
-            QString ver(file.fileName());
+            QVersionNumber ver = QVersionNumber::fromString(file.fileName());
             if (maxVersion < ver)
                 maxVersion = ver;
         }
-        if (maxVersion.isEmpty())
+        if (maxVersion.isNull())
             return false;
-        gradleProperties["androidBuildToolsVersion"] = maxVersion.toLocal8Bit();
+        gradleProperties["androidBuildToolsVersion"] = maxVersion.toString().toLocal8Bit();
     }
     return mergeGradleProperties(gradlePropertiesPath, gradleProperties);
 }