diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c79fe4b88..c086ecbcc 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@
 [submodule "submodules/libimobiledevice-macosx"]
 	path = submodules/libimobiledevice-macosx
 	url = https://github.com/benvium/libimobiledevice-macosx.git
+[submodule "submodules/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps"]
+	path = submodules/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps
+	url = https://github.com/appium/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps.git
diff --git a/lib/server/main.js b/lib/server/main.js
index a03cdfa2e..0109bdce2 100644
--- a/lib/server/main.js
+++ b/lib/server/main.js
@@ -24,7 +24,29 @@ var http = require('http')
   , _ = require("underscore")
   , io = require('socket.io')
   , gridRegister = require('./grid-register.js')
-  , bytes = require('bytes');
+  , bytes = require('bytes')
+  , isWindows = require('../helpers.js').isWindows()
+  , exec = require('child_process').exec
+  , spawn = require('child_process').spawn
+  , endInstrumentsPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../build/force_quit/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps.app/Contents/MacOS/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps');
+
+var watchForUnresponsiveInstruments = function(cb) {
+    if (isWindows) return;
+
+    var endOldProcess = function(cb) {
+      exec("killall -9 ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps", { maxBuffer: 524288 }, function(err) { cb(); });
+    };
+
+    var startNewprocess = function(cb) {
+      spawn(endInstrumentsPath);
+      cb();
+    };
+
+    async.series([
+      endOldProcess,
+      startNewprocess
+    ], cb);
+};
 
 var allowCrossDomain = function(req, res, next) {
   res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
@@ -33,7 +55,7 @@ var allowCrossDomain = function(req, res, next) {
 
   // need to respond 200 to OPTIONS
 
-  if ('OPTIONS' == req.method) {
+  if ('OPTIONS' === req.method) {
     res.send(200);
   } else {
     next();
@@ -201,6 +223,7 @@ var main = function(args, readyCb, doneCb) {
   var startListening = function(cb) {
     var alreadyReturned = false;
     server.listen(args.port, args.address, function() {
+      watchForUnresponsiveInstruments(function(){});
       var welcome = "Welcome to Appium v" + appiumVer;
       if (appiumRev) {
         welcome += " (REV " + appiumRev + ")";
diff --git a/reset.sh b/reset.sh
index 22f2ee614..88d15d2f7 100755
--- a/reset.sh
+++ b/reset.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ reset_general() {
 
 reset_ios() {
     echo "RESETTING IOS"
+    echo "* Cloning/updating ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps"
+    run_cmd git submodule update --init submodules/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps
+    echo "* Building ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps"
+    run_cmd pushd submodules/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps
+    run_cmd ./build_force_quit.sh
+    run_cmd popd
+    echo "* Moving ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps into build/force_quit"
+    run_cmd rm -rf build/force_quit
+    run_cmd mkdir build/force_quit
+    run_cmd cp -R submodules/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps/bin/* build/force_quit
     echo "* Cloning/updating instruments-without-delay"
     run_cmd git submodule update --init submodules/instruments-without-delay
     echo "* Building instruments-without-delay"
diff --git a/submodules/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps b/submodules/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..85ac30f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/ForceQuitUnresponsiveApps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 85ac30f1d05d5e597c3bea7e61b32576417085fd