diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bcb5960..333ec8e4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ install(PROGRAMS org.kde.kasts.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_APPDIR})
 install(FILES org.kde.kasts.appdata.xml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR})
 install(FILES kasts.svg DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_ICONDIR}/hicolor/scalable/apps)
 
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android/version.gradle.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version.gradle)
+
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL INCLUDE_QUIET_PACKAGES FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd715eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2020 Volker Krause <vkrause@kde.org>
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Nicolas Fella <nicolas.fella@gmx.de>
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Gabriel Souza Franco <gabrielfrancosouza@gmail.com>
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+*/
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        jcenter()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.4'
+    }
+}
+
+repositories {
+    google()
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+apply from: '../version.gradle'
+def timestamp = (int)(new Date().getTime()/1000)
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar', '*.aar'])
+}
+
+android {
+    /*******************************************************
+     * The following variables:
+     * - androidBuildToolsVersion,
+     * - androidCompileSdkVersion
+     * - qt5AndroidDir - holds the path to qt android files
+     *                   needed to build any Qt application
+     *                   on Android.
+     *
+     * are defined in gradle.properties file. This file is
+     * updated by QtCreator and androiddeployqt tools.
+     * Changing them manually might break the compilation!
+     *******************************************************/
+
+    compileSdkVersion androidCompileSdkVersion.toInteger()
+
+    buildToolsVersion androidBuildToolsVersion
+
+    sourceSets {
+        main {
+            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
+            java.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/src', 'src', 'java']
+            aidl.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/src', 'src', 'aidl']
+            res.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/res', 'res']
+            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
+            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
+            jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
+       }
+    }
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
+
+    lintOptions {
+        abortOnError false
+    }
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        minSdkVersion qtMinSdkVersion
+        targetSdkVersion qtTargetSdkVersion
+        manifestPlaceholders = [versionName: projectVersionFull, versionCode: timestamp]
+    }
+
+    packagingOptions {
+        exclude 'lib/*/*RemoteObjects*'
+        exclude 'lib/*/*StateMachine*'
+        exclude 'lib/*/*_imageformats_qico_*'
+        exclude 'lib/*/*_imageformats_qicns_*'
+        exclude 'lib/*/*_imageformats_qtga_*'
+        exclude 'lib/*/*_imageformats_qtiff_*'
+        exclude 'lib/*/*_qmltooling_*'
+    }
+
+    aaptOptions {
+        // different syntax than above
+        // see https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/pie-release/tools/aapt2/util/Files.h#90
+        ignoreAssetsPattern '!<dir>ECM:!<dir>aclocal:!<dir>doc:!<dir>gtk-doc:!<dir>iso-codes:!<dir>man:!<dir>mime:!<dir>pkgconfig:!<dir>qlogging-categories5:!<file>iso_15924.mo:!<file>iso_3166-2.mo:!<file>iso_3166-3.mo:!<file>iso_4217.mo:!<file>iso_639-2.mo:!<file>iso_639-3.mo:!<file>iso_639-5.mo:!<file>kcodecs5_qt.qm:!<file>kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm'
+     }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/android/version.gradle.in b/android/version.gradle.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcd087f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/version.gradle.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Volker Krause <vkrause@kde.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+ext {
+    projectVersionFull = "@PROJECT_VERSION@"
+}
diff --git a/kasts b/kasts
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..e7d8d7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kasts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/home/user/src/kasts
\ No newline at end of file