diff --git a/src/android/java/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/bindings/QtActivity.java b/src/android/java/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/bindings/QtActivity.java
index 83ed1582bf..9c7b57a4f5 100644
--- a/src/android/java/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/bindings/QtActivity.java
+++ b/src/android/java/src/org/qtproject/qt5/android/bindings/QtActivity.java
@@ -489,6 +489,14 @@ public class QtActivity extends Activity
                                                                   + "\tQML2_IMPORT_PATH=" + localPrefix + "/qml"
                                                                   + "\tQML_IMPORT_PATH=" + localPrefix + "/imports"
                                                                   + "\tQT_PLUGIN_PATH=" + localPrefix + "/plugins");
+
+                Intent intent = getIntent();
+                if (intent != null) {
+                    String parameters = intent.getStringExtra("applicationArguments");
+                    if (parameters != null)
+                        loaderParams.putString(APPLICATION_PARAMETERS_KEY, parameters.replace(' ', '\t'));
+                }
+
                 loadApplication(loaderParams);
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/src/androidjnimain.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/src/androidjnimain.cpp
index b51c15c5d9..5c9ca798a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/src/androidjnimain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/src/androidjnimain.cpp
@@ -419,14 +419,11 @@ static jboolean startQtAndroidPlugin(JNIEnv* /*env*/, jobject /*object*//*, jobj
 
 static void *startMainMethod(void */*data*/)
 {
-    char const **params;
-    params = static_cast<char const **>(malloc(m_applicationParams.length() * sizeof(char *)));
+    QVarLengthArray<const char *> params(m_applicationParams.size());
     for (int i = 0; i < m_applicationParams.size(); i++)
         params[i] = static_cast<const char *>(m_applicationParams[i].constData());
 
-    int ret = m_main(m_applicationParams.length(), const_cast<char **>(params));
-
-    free(params);
+    int ret = m_main(m_applicationParams.length(), const_cast<char **>(params.data()));
     Q_UNUSED(ret);
 
     if (m_mainLibraryHnd) {