diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
index 770f956..44fb12a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ bool AndroidDeployQtStep::init()

     m_avdName = info.avdname;
     m_serialNumber = info.serialNumber;
-    m_appProcess = QLatin1String("readlink -f /system/bin/app_process");
+    m_appProcess = QLatin1String("/system/bin/app_process");
     if (info.cpuAbi.contains(QLatin1String("arm64-v8a"))) {
         ProjectExplorer::ToolChain *tc = ProjectExplorer::ToolChainKitInformation::toolChain(target()->kit());
         if (tc && tc->targetAbi().wordWidth() == 64)
@@ -473,14 +473,14 @@ QString AndroidDeployQtStep::systemAppProcessFilePath() const
     QProcess proc;
     const QStringList args =
             QStringList() << AndroidDeviceInfo::adbSelector(m_serialNumber) << QLatin1String("shell")
-                          << m_appProcess;
+                          << QString::fromLatin1("readlink -f %1").arg(m_appProcess);
     proc.start(m_adbPath, args);
     proc.waitForFinished();
-    QString output = QString::fromUtf8(proc.readAll()).trimmed();
-    if (output.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
+    QString output = QString::fromUtf8(proc.readAllStandardOutput()).trimmed();
+    if (output.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')) && !output.contains(QLatin1String("not found")))
         return output;
     else
-        return QString();
+        return m_appProcess;
 }

 ProjectExplorer::BuildStepConfigWidget *AndroidDeployQtStep::createConfigWidget()