diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
index 46463c8f4f..645be263be 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
@@ -1076,6 +1076,12 @@ function(_qt_internal_configure_android_multiabi_target target)
             "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=${compiler_launcher}")
     endif()
 
+    unset(user_cmake_args)
+    foreach(var IN LISTS QT_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_FORWARD_VARS)
+        string(REPLACE ";" "$<SEMICOLON>" var_value "${${var}}")
+        list(APPEND user_cmake_args "-D${var}=${var_value}")
+    endforeach()
+
     set(missing_qt_abi_toolchains "")
     set(previous_copy_apk_dependencies_target ${target})
     # Create external projects for each android ABI except the main one.
@@ -1108,6 +1114,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_configure_android_multiabi_target target)
                     "-DQT_INTERNAL_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_BINARY_DIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
                     "${config_arg}"
                     "${extra_cmake_args}"
+                    "${user_cmake_args}"
                     "-B" "${android_abi_build_dir}"
                     "-S" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
                 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE
diff --git a/tests/auto/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/CMakeLists.txt
index a7d8964860..a310f422d0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Limit set of tests to run for Android multi-ABI Qt builds.
 if(QT_BUILD_MINIMAL_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_TESTS)
+    add_subdirectory(cmake)
     add_subdirectory(corelib/kernel/qmath)
     add_subdirectory(widgets/effects/qpixmapfilter)
     add_subdirectory(corelib/platform)
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 42cbc03138..fac5cb460e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ enable_testing()
 # flag. Notably -rpath is specified which should implicitly enable -rpath-link, but that
 # doesn't seem to be the case.
 # Until this is figured out, disable the tests when cross-compiling to Linux.
-if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32 AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT QT_ENABLE_CMAKE_BOOT2QT_TESTS)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32 AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT QT_ENABLE_CMAKE_BOOT2QT_TESTS
+    AND NOT QT_BUILD_MINIMAL_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_TESTS)
     message(STATUS "Running CMake tests is disabled when cross-compiling to Linux / Boot2Qt.")
     return()
 endif()
@@ -113,6 +114,43 @@ endif()
 
 include("${_Qt6CTestMacros}")
 
+# Test only multi-abi specific functionality when QT_BUILD_MINIMAL_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_TESTS is ON.
+# Qt::Gui is the prerequisite for all Android tests.
+if(QT_BUILD_MINIMAL_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_TESTS AND NOT NO_GUI)
+    unset(multi_abi_vars)
+    foreach(abi IN_LISTS QT_ANDROID_ABIS)
+        list(APPEND multi_abi_vars "-DQT_PATH_ANDROID_ABI_${abi}=${QT_PATH_ANDROID_ABI_${abi}}")
+    endforeach()
+    if(QT_ANDROID_BUILD_ALL_ABIS)
+        list(APPEND multi_abi_vars "-DQT_ANDROID_BUILD_ALL_ABIS=${QT_ANDROID_BUILD_ALL_ABIS}")
+    endif()
+
+    list(APPEND multi_abi_vars "-DQT_HOST_PATH=${QT_HOST_PATH}")
+
+    set(multi_abi_forward_vars
+        TEST_SINGLE_VALUE_ARG
+        TEST_SPACES_VALUE_ARG
+        TEST_LIST_VALUE_ARG
+        TEST_ESCAPING_VALUE_ARG
+    )
+    string(REPLACE ";" "[[;]]" multi_abi_forward_vars "${multi_abi_forward_vars}")
+
+    set(single_value "TestValue")
+    set(list_value "TestValue[[;]]TestValue2[[;]]TestValue3")
+    set(escaping_value "TestValue\\\\[[;]]TestValue2\\\\[[;]]TestValue3")
+    set(spaces_value "TestValue TestValue2 TestValue3")
+    _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_android_multi_abi_forward_vars
+        BUILD_OPTIONS
+            ${multi_abi_vars}
+            "-DQT_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_FORWARD_VARS=${multi_abi_forward_vars}"
+            "-DTEST_SINGLE_VALUE_ARG=${single_value}"
+            "-DTEST_LIST_VALUE_ARG=${list_value}"
+            "-DTEST_ESCAPING_VALUE_ARG=${escaping_value}"
+            "-DTEST_SPACES_VALUE_ARG=${spaces_value}"
+    )
+    return()
+endif()
+
 if(NOT NO_WIDGETS)
     _qt_internal_test_expect_pass(test_build_simple_widget_app)
     set(extra_widget_app_options "")
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_android_multi_abi_forward_vars/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/cmake/test_android_multi_abi_forward_vars/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f84d5ff3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_android_multi_abi_forward_vars/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+project(test_android_multi_abi_forward_vars)
+
+find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Core Gui REQUIRED)
+
+if(NOT TEST_SINGLE_VALUE_ARG STREQUAL "TestValue")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "TEST_SINGLE_VALUE_ARG is not valid: ${TEST_SINGLE_VALUE_ARG}")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT TEST_LIST_VALUE_ARG STREQUAL "TestValue;TestValue2;TestValue3")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "TEST_LIST_VALUE_ARG is not valid: ${TEST_LIST_VALUE_ARG}")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT TEST_ESCAPING_VALUE_ARG STREQUAL "TestValue\;TestValue2\;TestValue3")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "TEST_ESCAPING_VALUE_ARG is not valid: ${TEST_ESCAPING_VALUE_ARG}")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT TEST_SPACES_VALUE_ARG STREQUAL "TestValue TestValue2 TestValue3")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "TEST_SPACES_VALUE_ARG is not valid: ${TEST_SPACES_VALUE_ARG}")
+endif()
+
+# Make sure that ABI external projects are created
+qt6_add_executable(test_executable main.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(test_executable PRIVATE Qt::Core Qt::Gui)
diff --git a/tests/auto/cmake/test_android_multi_abi_forward_vars/main.cpp b/tests/auto/cmake/test_android_multi_abi_forward_vars/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0c5ae2de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/cmake/test_android_multi_abi_forward_vars/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+int main(int, char *[]) { return 0; }