diff --git a/lib/devices/android/selendroid.js b/lib/devices/android/selendroid.js
index 32902f586..bf1921bf1 100644
--- a/lib/devices/android/selendroid.js
+++ b/lib/devices/android/selendroid.js
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ Selendroid.prototype.start = function (cb) {
   async.series([
     this.ensureServerExists.bind(this),
     this.prepareDevice.bind(this),
+    this.checkInternetPermissionForApp.bind(this),
     this.packageAndLaunchActivityFromManifest.bind(this),
     checkModServerExists,
     conditionalInsertManifest,
@@ -189,6 +190,23 @@ Selendroid.prototype.pushSelendroid = function (cb) {
   this.adb.instrument(this.args.appPackage, this.args.appActivity, instrumentWith, cb);
 };
 
+Selendroid.prototype.checkInternetPermissionForApp = function (cb) {
+  var apk = this.args.app;
+  this.adb.hasInternetPermissionFromManifest(apk, function (err, hasInternetPermission) {
+    if (err) return cb(err);
+    if (hasInternetPermission) {
+      return cb();
+    }
+    else {
+      var errorMessg = "apk does not have INTERNET permissions. Selendroid needs internet " +
+                       "permission to proceed, please check if you have <uses-permission " +
+                       "android:name=\"android.**permission.INTERNET\"/> in your " +
+                       "AndroidManifest.xml";
+      cb(new Error(errorMessg));
+    }
+  });
+};
+
 Selendroid.prototype.checkSelendroidCerts = function (cb) {
   var alreadyReturned = false
     , checks = 0;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d34f1d954..e6a910877 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "adm-zip": "~0.4.4",
-    "appium-adb": "~1.3.1",
+    "appium-adb": "~1.3.2",
     "appium-atoms": "~0.0.5",
     "appium-instruments": "~1.3.0",
     "appium-uiauto": "~1.6.0",
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     "socks": "~0.0.1",
     "underscore-cli": "~0.2.17",
     "unorm": "~1.3.3",
-    "wd": "~0.3.1",
+    "wd": "~0.3.4",
     "wd-bridge": "~0.0.1",
     "yiewd": "~0.5.0"
   }
diff --git a/submodules/appium-adb b/submodules/appium-adb
index 34f92d668..d795864b1 160000
--- a/submodules/appium-adb
+++ b/submodules/appium-adb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 34f92d668161eb35158e0247523682a5c870c114
+Subproject commit d795864b161aa4ca9f2dd0959419b3625b19f3bb
diff --git a/test/functional/selendroid/app-permission-spec.js b/test/functional/selendroid/app-permission-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccb20200c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/selendroid/app-permission-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"use strict";
+
+require('../../helpers/setup-chai');
+
+var env = require('../../helpers/env')
+  , initSession = require('../../helpers/session').initSession
+  , _ = require('underscore')
+  , desired = require('./desired');
+
+describe('should not launch app without internet permission', function () {
+  this.timeout(env.MOCHA_INIT_TIMEOUT);
+  var session;
+  var name = this.title;
+  it('should not launch app', function (done) {
+    var newDesired = _.defaults({'app': 'sample-code/apps/ContactManager/ContactManager.apk'}, desired);
+    afterEach(function (done) {
+      session
+        .tearDown(this.currentTest.state === 'failed')
+        .nodeify(done);
+    });
+    session = initSession(newDesired, {'no-retry': true, 'expect-error': true});
+    session
+      .setUp(name).catch(function (err) {
+        err.data.should.include("INTERNET");
+        throw err;
+      }).should.be.rejectedWith(/The environment you requested was unavailable./)
+      .nodeify(done);
+  });
+});