diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
index 0e6227ac5f1..549f0d1871b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
@@ -286,8 +286,10 @@ AndroidRunnerWorker::AndroidRunnerWorker(RunWorker *runner, const QString &packa
 
     m_extraAppParams = runControl->runnable().commandLineArguments;
 
-    if (auto aspect = runControl->aspect(Constants::ANDROID_AMSTARTARGS))
-        m_amStartExtraArgs = static_cast<BaseStringAspect *>(aspect)->value().split(' ');
+    if (auto aspect = runControl->aspect(Constants::ANDROID_AMSTARTARGS)) {
+        const QString startArgs = static_cast<BaseStringAspect *>(aspect)->value();
+        m_amStartExtraArgs = QtcProcess::splitArgs(startArgs, OsTypeOtherUnix);
+    }
 
     if (auto aspect = runControl->aspect(Constants::ANDROID_PRESTARTSHELLCMDLIST)) {
         for (const QString &shellCmd : static_cast<BaseStringListAspect *>(aspect)->value())