diff --git a/AddQtAndroidApk.cmake b/AddQtAndroidApk.cmake
index a1995e0..7ae91db 100644
--- a/AddQtAndroidApk.cmake
+++ b/AddQtAndroidApk.cmake
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ macro(add_qt_android_apk TARGET SOURCE_TARGET)
     add_custom_command(
       OUTPUT run_android_deploy_qt
       DEPENDS ${SOURCE_TARGET}
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libs/${ANDROID_ABI} # it seems that recompiled libraries are not copied if we don't remove them first
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libs/${ANDROID_ABI}
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${QT_ANDROID_APP_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libs/${ANDROID_ABI}
       COMMAND ${QT_ANDROID_QT_ROOT}/bin/androiddeployqt --verbose --output ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} --input ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qtdeploy.json --ant ${QT_ANDROID_ANT} ${INSTALL_OPTIONS} ${SIGN_OPTIONS}
     )