diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildHelpers.cmake
index 5032745034b..79d47d87378 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildHelpers.cmake
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ function(qt_internal_get_qt_build_public_helpers out_var)
     set(${out_var}
         QtFeature
         QtFeatureCommon
+        QtPublicAndroidHelpers
         QtPublicAppleHelpers
         QtPublicCMakeHelpers
         QtPublicCMakeVersionHelpers
diff --git a/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake b/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
index a149ea296c9..ee3214e907b 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPlatformAndroid.cmake
@@ -70,17 +70,8 @@ macro(qt_internal_get_android_platform_version out_var android_platform)
     string(REGEX REPLACE ".*-([0-9]+)$" "\\1" ${out_var} "${android_platform}")
 endmacro()
 
-# Locate the highest available platform
-file(GLOB android_platforms
-    LIST_DIRECTORIES true
-    RELATIVE "${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/platforms"
-    "${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/platforms/*")
-# If list is not empty
-if(android_platforms)
-    qt_internal_sort_android_platforms(android_platforms ${android_platforms})
-    list(REVERSE android_platforms)
-    list(GET android_platforms 0 android_platform_latest)
-
+_qt_internal_detect_latest_android_platform(android_platform_latest)
+if(android_platform_latest)
     qt_internal_get_android_platform_version(latest_platform_version
         "${android_platform_latest}")
     qt_internal_get_android_platform_version(required_platform_version
diff --git a/cmake/QtPublicAndroidHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPublicAndroidHelpers.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd50c011d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/QtPublicAndroidHelpers.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+function(_qt_internal_detect_latest_android_platform out_var)
+    # Locate the highest available platform
+    file(GLOB android_platforms
+        LIST_DIRECTORIES true
+        RELATIVE "${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/platforms"
+        "${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/platforms/*")
+
+    # If list is not empty
+    if(android_platforms)
+        qt_internal_sort_android_platforms(android_platforms ${android_platforms})
+        list(REVERSE android_platforms)
+        list(GET android_platforms 0 android_platform_latest)
+        set(${out_var} "${android_platform_latest}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    else()
+        set(${out_var} "${out_var}-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
+endfunction()