diff --git a/src/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 3979b8f3b9b13350a930e81823f930b5cd3175de..41acfd75e442825e020032164985124c31ca497b 100644
--- a/src/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ bool readInputFile(Options *options)
     {
         QJsonValue extraLibs = jsonObject.value("android-extra-libs");
         if (!extraLibs.isUndefined())
-            options->extraLibs = extraLibs.toString().split(QLatin1Char(','));
+            options->extraLibs = extraLibs.toString().split(QLatin1Char(','), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     }
 
     {