diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qjnihelpers.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qjnihelpers.cpp
index f5e4aceff3..2324a615d5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qjnihelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qjnihelpers.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "qmutex.h"
 #include "qlist.h"
 #include "qsemaphore.h"
+#include "qsharedpointer.h"
 #include "qvector.h"
 #include <QtCore/qrunnable.h>
 
@@ -338,6 +339,16 @@ void QtAndroidPrivate::runOnAndroidThread(const QtAndroidPrivate::Runnable &runn
         env->CallStaticVoidMethod(g_jNativeClass, g_runPendingCppRunnablesMethodID);
 }
 
+void QtAndroidPrivate::runOnAndroidThreadSync(const QtAndroidPrivate::Runnable &runnable, JNIEnv *env, int timeoutMs)
+{
+    QSharedPointer<QSemaphore> sem(new QSemaphore);
+    runOnAndroidThread([&runnable, sem]{
+        runnable();
+        sem->release();
+    }, env);
+    sem->tryAcquire(1, timeoutMs);
+}
+
 void QtAndroidPrivate::registerGenericMotionEventListener(QtAndroidPrivate::GenericMotionEventListener *listener)
 {
     QMutexLocker locker(&g_genericMotionEventListeners()->mutex);
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qjnihelpers_p.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qjnihelpers_p.h
index 3f24597312..1bffd26e08 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qjnihelpers_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qjnihelpers_p.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ namespace QtAndroidPrivate
     jobject classLoader();
     Q_CORE_EXPORT jint androidSdkVersion();
     Q_CORE_EXPORT void runOnAndroidThread(const Runnable &runnable, JNIEnv *env);
+    Q_CORE_EXPORT void runOnAndroidThreadSync(const Runnable &runnable, JNIEnv *env, int timeoutMs = INT_MAX);
     Q_CORE_EXPORT void runOnUiThread(QRunnable *runnable, JNIEnv *env);
 
     Q_CORE_EXPORT void handleActivityResult(jint requestCode, jint resultCode, jobject data);