diff --git a/AddQtAndroidApk.cmake b/AddQtAndroidApk.cmake
index 7093822..02bac4e 100644
--- a/AddQtAndroidApk.cmake
+++ b/AddQtAndroidApk.cmake
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ include(CMakeParseArguments)
 macro(add_qt_android_apk TARGET SOURCE_TARGET)
 
     # parse the macro arguments
-    cmake_parse_arguments(ARG "INSTALL" "NAME;VERSION_CODE;PACKAGE_NAME;PACKAGE_SOURCES;KEYSTORE_PASSWORD" "DEPENDS;KEYSTORE" ${ARGN})
+    cmake_parse_arguments(ARG "INSTALL" "NAME;VERSION_CODE;PACKAGE_NAME;PACKAGE_SOURCES;KEYSTORE_PASSWORD;BUILDTOOLS_REVISION" "DEPENDS;KEYSTORE" ${ARGN})
 
     # check the configuration
     if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ macro(add_qt_android_apk TARGET SOURCE_TARGET)
         set(QT_ANDROID_APP_PACKAGE_NAME org.qtproject.${SOURCE_TARGET})
     endif()
 
+    # set the Android SDK build-tools revision
+    if(ARG_BUILDTOOLS_REVISION)
+        set(QT_ANDROID_SDK_BUILDTOOLS_REVISION ${ARG_BUILDTOOLS_REVISION})
+    else()
+        set(QT_ANDROID_SDK_BUILDTOOLS_REVISION "")
+    endif()
+
     # define the application source package directory
     if(ARG_PACKAGE_SOURCES)
         set(QT_ANDROID_APP_PACKAGE_SOURCE_ROOT ${ARG_PACKAGE_SOURCES})
diff --git a/qtdeploy.json.in b/qtdeploy.json.in
index c554207..af05203 100644
--- a/qtdeploy.json.in
+++ b/qtdeploy.json.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  "qt": "@QT_ANDROID_QT_ROOT@",
  "sdk": "@QT_ANDROID_SDK_ROOT@",
  "ndk": "@QT_ANDROID_NDK_ROOT@",
+ "sdkBuildToolsRevision": "@QT_ANDROID_SDK_BUILDTOOLS_REVISION@",
  "toolchain-prefix": "@ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_MACHINE_NAME@",
  "tool-prefix": "@ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_MACHINE_NAME@",
  "toolchain-version": "@ANDROID_COMPILER_VERSION@",