diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 356aa777d..1f664caaa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ project(okular VERSION 1.8.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO})
 set(QT_REQUIRED_VERSION "5.9.0")
 set(KF5_REQUIRED_VERSION "5.44.0")
 
+if (ANDROID)
+    set(QT_REQUIRED_VERSION "5.13.0")
+endif()
+
 find_package(ECM 5.33.0 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
 
@@ -40,6 +44,10 @@ else()
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_SPEECH)
 endif()
 
+if(ANDROID)
+    find_package(Qt5 ${QT_REQUIRED_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS AndroidExtras)
+endif()
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.10.0")
   # CMake 3.9+ warns about automoc on files without Q_OBJECT, and doesn't know about other macros.
   # 3.10+ lets us provide more macro names that require automoc.
diff --git a/mobile/android/src/OpenFileActivity.java b/mobile/android/src/OpenFileActivity.java
index 740c9a5cf..e6b1bdf10 100644
--- a/mobile/android/src/OpenFileActivity.java
+++ b/mobile/android/src/OpenFileActivity.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.app.Activity;
 
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+
 import org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity;
 
 class FileClass
@@ -17,6 +19,20 @@ class FileClass
 
 public class OpenFileActivity extends QtActivity
 {
+
+    public String contentUrlToFd(String url)
+    {
+        try {
+            ContentResolver resolver = getBaseContext().getContentResolver();
+            ParcelFileDescriptor fdObject = resolver.openFileDescriptor(Uri.parse(url), "r");
+            return "fd:///" + fdObject.detachFd();
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            Log.e("Okular", "Cannot find file", e);
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
+
     private void displayUri(Uri uri)
     {
         if (uri == null)
@@ -51,27 +67,4 @@ public class OpenFileActivity extends QtActivity
             displayUri(bundleIntent.getData());
         }
     }
-
-    private static int OpenDocumentRequest = 42;
-
-    public static void openFile(Activity context, String title, String mimes)
-    {
-        Intent intent = new Intent();
-        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
-        intent.setType("application/pdf");
-        Log.v("Okular", "opening: " + mimes);
-        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_MIME_TYPES, mimes.split(";"));
-
-        context.startActivityForResult(intent, OpenDocumentRequest);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
-        Log.v("Okular", "Activity Result: " + String.valueOf(requestCode) + " with code: " + String.valueOf(resultCode));
-        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && requestCode == OpenDocumentRequest) {
-            Uri uri = intent.getData();
-            Log.v("Okular", "Opening document: " + uri.toString());
-            displayUri(uri);
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/mobile/app/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/mobile/app/package/contents/ui/main.qml
index 4eb4b9960..b2e06b9c0 100644
--- a/mobile/app/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/mobile/app/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -45,27 +45,9 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
             Kirigami.Action {
                 text: i18n("Open...")
                 icon.name: "document-open"
-                visible: Qt.platform.os !== "android"
                 onTriggered: {
                     fileDialog.open()
                 }
-            },
-            Kirigami.Action {
-                text: i18n("Open...")
-                icon.name: "document-open"
-                visible: p0.enabled
-                readonly property var p0: Connections {
-                    target: AndroidInstance
-                    enabled: AndroidInstance.hasOwnProperty("openFile")
-                    onOpenUri: {
-                        console.log("open uri!", uri)
-                        documentItem.url = uri
-                    }
-                }
-                onTriggered: {
-//                     var mimetypes = Okular.Okular.mimeTypes.join(",")
-                    AndroidInstance.openFile(i18n("Document to open..."), "*/*")
-                }
             }
         ]
     }
diff --git a/mobile/components/CMakeLists.txt b/mobile/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 88c9b7ac5..58ca15974 100644
--- a/mobile/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mobile/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ target_link_libraries(okularplugin
         okularcore
         )
 
+if(ANDROID)
+    target_link_libraries(okularplugin Qt5::AndroidExtras)
+endif()
+
 install(TARGETS okularplugin DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/okular)
 install(FILES qmldir DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/okular)
 install(FILES DocumentView.qml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR}/org/kde/okular)
diff --git a/mobile/components/documentitem.cpp b/mobile/components/documentitem.cpp
index 403eb11a3..44f102fc6 100644
--- a/mobile/components/documentitem.cpp
+++ b/mobile/components/documentitem.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 #include <QtQml> // krazy:exclude=includes
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+#include <QAndroidJniObject>
+#include <QtAndroid>
+#endif
+
 #include <core/document_p.h>
 #include <core/page.h>
 #include <core/bookmarkmanager.h>
@@ -59,9 +64,18 @@ void DocumentItem::setUrl(const QUrl & url)
     //TODO: password
     QMimeDatabase db;
 
-    const QString path = url.isLocalFile() ? url.toLocalFile() : QStringLiteral("-");
+    QUrl realUrl = url;
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+    realUrl = QUrl(QtAndroid::androidActivity().callObjectMethod("contentUrlToFd",
+                                                                 "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;",
+                                                                 QAndroidJniObject::fromString(url.toString()).object<jstring>()
+                                                                 ).toString());
+#endif
+
+    const QString path = realUrl.isLocalFile() ? realUrl.toLocalFile() : QStringLiteral("-");
 
-    m_document->openDocument(path, url, db.mimeTypeForUrl(url));
+    m_document->openDocument(path, realUrl, db.mimeTypeForUrl(realUrl));
 
     m_tocModel->clear();
     m_tocModel->fill(m_document->documentSynopsis());