diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/qdirmodel.pro b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/qdirmodel.pro
index 680286d1e4..79848ac22c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/qdirmodel.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/qdirmodel.pro
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ wince* {
 	DEPLOYMENT += addit tests sourceFile
 }
 
-wince*: {
+android|wince*: {
     DEFINES += SRCDIR=\\\"./\\\"
 } else {
     DEFINES += SRCDIR=\\\"$$PWD/\\\"
 }
 
+android: !android-no-sdk {
+    RESOURCES += \
+        testdata.qrc
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/testdata.qrc b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/testdata.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0ef4203fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/testdata.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="/android_testdata">
+        <file>dirtest/test1/dummy</file>
+        <file>dirtest/test1/test</file>
+        <file>test/file01.tst</file>
+        <file>test/file02.tst</file>
+        <file>test/file03.tst</file>
+        <file>test/file04.tst</file>
+        <file>tst_qdirmodel.cpp</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/tst_qdirmodel.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/tst_qdirmodel.cpp
index 4fee5fb1e5..56a8d1f1f4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/tst_qdirmodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qdirmodel/tst_qdirmodel.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class tst_QDirModel : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public slots:
+    void initTestCase();
     void cleanupTestCase();
     void init();
 private slots:
@@ -113,6 +114,29 @@ void tst_QDirModel::getSetCheck()
     QCOMPARE(true, obj1.lazyChildCount());
 }
 
+void tst_QDirModel::initTestCase()
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) && !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID_NO_SDK)
+    QString dataPath = SRCDIR;
+    QString resourceSourcePath = QStringLiteral(":/android_testdata");
+    QDirIterator it(resourceSourcePath, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+        it.next();
+
+        QFileInfo fileInfo = it.fileInfo();
+        if (!fileInfo.isDir()) {
+            QString destination = dataPath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileInfo.filePath().mid(resourceSourcePath.length());
+            QFileInfo destinationFileInfo(destination);
+            if (!destinationFileInfo.exists()) {
+                QDir().mkpath(destinationFileInfo.path());
+                if (!QFile::copy(fileInfo.filePath(), destination))
+                    qWarning("Failed to copy %s", qPrintable(fileInfo.filePath()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 void tst_QDirModel::cleanupTestCase()
 {
     QDir current;
@@ -556,10 +580,12 @@ void tst_QDirModel::filePath()
     model.setResolveSymlinks(false);
     QModelIndex index = model.index(SRCDIR "test.lnk");
     QVERIFY(index.isValid());
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE) && !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
     QString path = SRCDIR;
 #else
-    QString path = QFileInfo(SRCDIR).absoluteFilePath() + "/";
+    QString path = QFileInfo(SRCDIR).absoluteFilePath();
+    if (!path.endsWith("/"))
+        path += "/";
 #endif
     QCOMPARE(model.filePath(index), path + QString( "test.lnk"));
     model.setResolveSymlinks(true);
@@ -592,6 +618,10 @@ void tst_QDirModel::task196768_sorting()
     view.setSortingEnabled(true);
     index2 = model.index(path);
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) && !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID_NO_SDK)
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("", "QTBUG-43818", Continue);
+#endif
+
     QCOMPARE(index.data(), index2.data());
 }