diff --git a/HackAndroidFileDialog.qrc b/HackAndroidFileDialog.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..509c47125d627c3aa8c57724f9d36a919677bb75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HackAndroidFileDialog.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="/qml">
+        <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/HackFileDialog.qml">src/QmlControls/HackAndroidFileDialog.qml</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/HackFileDialog.qrc b/HackFileDialog.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a7436f2702a0771ab125b90438e11cae8c0883d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HackFileDialog.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="/qml">
+        <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/HackFileDialog.qml">src/QmlControls/HackFileDialog.qml</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pro b/qgroundcontrol.pro
index 549455492f6720e7057dbc177db23fc3921d1df5..f20c2f2b173b926eb11e82a300c7f1d4605830b8 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pro
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pro
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ exists($${OUT_PWD}/qgroundcontrol.pro) {
 
 message(Qt version $$[QT_VERSION])
 
-!equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) | !greaterThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 4) {
-    error("Unsupported Qt version, 5.5+ is required")
+!equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) | !greaterThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 6) {
+    error("Unsupported Qt version, 5.7+ is required")
 }
 
 include(QGCCommon.pri)
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@ CustomBuild {
         $$PWD/qgcresources.qrc
 }
 
+# On Qt 5.9 android versions there is the following bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-61424
+# This prevents FileDialog from being used. So we have a temp hack workaround for it which just no-ops
+# the FileDialog fallback mechanism on android 5.9 builds.
+equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5):equals(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 9):AndroidBuild {
+    RESOURCES += $$PWD/HackAndroidFileDialog.qrc
+} else {
+    RESOURCES += $$PWD/HackFileDialog.qrc
+}
+
 #
 # Main QGroundControl portion of project file
 #
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/HackAndroidFileDialog.qml b/src/QmlControls/HackAndroidFileDialog.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f6c3ec909460f28496264a40b3dba3872387205d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/QmlControls/HackAndroidFileDialog.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import QtQuick          2.3
+import QtQuick.Dialogs  1.2
+
+// On Qt 5.9 android versions there is the following bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-61424
+// This prevents FileDialog from being used. So we have a temp hack workaround for it which just no-ops
+// the FileDialog fallback mechanism on android 5.9 builds.
+
+Item {
+    property var folder
+    property var nameFilters
+    property var title
+    property var selectExisting
+    property var selectMultiple
+    property var selectFolder
+
+    signal accepted
+    signal rejected
+}
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/HackFileDialog.qml b/src/QmlControls/HackFileDialog.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..24e0c5dd6245ac80ef7b30d2829572d7190ae922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/QmlControls/HackFileDialog.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import QtQuick          2.3
+import QtQuick.Dialogs  1.2
+
+// On Qt 5.9 android versions there is the following bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-61424
+// This prevents FileDialog from being used. So we have a temp hack workaround for it which just no-ops
+// the FileDialog fallback mechanism on android 5.9 builds.
+
+FileDialog {
+}
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGCFileDialog.qml b/src/QmlControls/QGCFileDialog.qml
index c10dbcf13d53ab6c894f6ecb2c3a2bee8bf87b47..3ab7fce5353e64fb122b5e5b288b76af2bdb129d 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGCFileDialog.qml
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGCFileDialog.qml
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ Item {
     QGCFileDialogController { id: controller }
     QGCPalette { id: qgcPal; colorGroupEnabled: true }
 
-    FileDialog {
+    // On Qt 5.9 android versions there is the following bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-61424
+    // This prevents FileDialog from being used. So we have a temp hack workaround for it which just no-ops
+    // the FileDialog fallback mechanism on android 5.9 builds.
+    HackFileDialog {
         id:             fullFileDialog
         folder:         "file://" + _root.folder
         nameFilters:    _root.nameFilters ? _root.nameFilters : []
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir
index 8f3050ffbe523e5cdcd228119c1ddc24eb166e50..64be6551d20ea30d1b50b80ddf39a67d11eeb37f 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ FlightModeDropdown      1.0 FlightModeDropdown.qml
 FlightModeMenu          1.0 FlightModeMenu.qml
 GeoFenceEditor          1.0 GeoFenceEditor.qml
 GeoFenceMapVisuals      1.0 GeoFenceMapVisuals.qml
+HackFileDialog          1.0 HackFileDialog.qml
 IndicatorButton         1.0 IndicatorButton.qml
 JoystickThumbPad        1.0 JoystickThumbPad.qml
 MainToolBar             1.0 MainToolBar.qml