diff --git a/adb/services.c b/adb/services.c
index dcaf276..e25a232 100644
--- a/adb/services.c
+++ b/adb/services.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
 
     snprintf(serial, sizeof(serial), "%s:%d", hostbuf, port);
 
-    fd = socket_network_client(hostbuf, port, SOCK_STREAM);
+    fd = socket_network_client_timeout(hostbuf, port, SOCK_STREAM, 10);
     if (fd < 0) {
         snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "unable to connect to %s:%d", host, port);
         return;
diff --git a/include/cutils/sockets.h b/include/cutils/sockets.h
index 19cae0c..daf43ec 100644
--- a/include/cutils/sockets.h
+++ b/include/cutils/sockets.h
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
 
 extern int socket_loopback_client(int port, int type);
 extern int socket_network_client(const char *host, int port, int type);
+extern int socket_network_client_timeout(const char *host, int port, int type,
+                                         int timeout);
 extern int socket_loopback_server(int port, int type);
 extern int socket_local_server(const char *name, int namespaceId, int type);
 extern int socket_local_server_bind(int s, const char *name, int namespaceId);
diff --git a/libcutils/socket_network_client.c b/libcutils/socket_network_client.c
index c52013d..4862949 100644
--- a/libcutils/socket_network_client.c
+++ b/libcutils/socket_network_client.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -36,27 +37,93 @@
  */
 int socket_network_client(const char *host, int port, int type)
 {
+    return socket_network_client_timeout(host, port, type, 0);
+}
+
+/* Connect to port on the IP interface. type is SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM.
+ * timeout in seconds return is a file descriptor or -1 on error
+ */
+int socket_network_client_timeout(const char *host, int port, int type, int timeout)
+{
     struct hostent *hp;
     struct sockaddr_in addr;
+    socklen_t alen;
     int s;
+    int flags = 0, error = 0, ret = 0;
+    fd_set rset, wset;
+    socklen_t len = sizeof(error);
+    struct timeval ts;
+
+    ts.tv_sec = timeout;
+    ts.tv_usec = 0;
 
     hp = gethostbyname(host);
-    if(hp == 0) return -1;
-    
+    if (hp == 0) return -1;
+
     memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
     addr.sin_family = hp->h_addrtype;
     addr.sin_port = htons(port);
     memcpy(&addr.sin_addr, hp->h_addr, hp->h_length);
 
     s = socket(hp->h_addrtype, type, 0);
-    if(s < 0) return -1;
+    if (s < 0) return -1;
 
-    if(connect(s, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
+    if ((flags = fcntl(s, F_GETFL, 0)) < 0) {
+        close(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (fcntl(s, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0) {
+        close(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if ((ret = connect(s, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr))) < 0) {
+        if (errno != EINPROGRESS) {
+            close(s);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (ret == 0)
+        goto done;
+
+    FD_ZERO(&rset);
+    FD_SET(s, &rset);
+    wset = rset;
+
+    if ((ret = select(s + 1, &rset, &wset, NULL, (timeout) ? &ts : NULL)) < 0) {
+        close(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (ret == 0) {   // we had a timeout
+        errno = ETIMEDOUT;
+        close(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (FD_ISSET(s, &rset) || FD_ISSET(s, &wset)) {
+        if (getsockopt(s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &error, &len) < 0) {
+            close(s);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        close(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (error) {  // check if we had a socket error
+        errno = error;
+        close(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+done:
+    if (fcntl(s, F_SETFL, flags) < 0) {
         close(s);
         return -1;
     }
 
     return s;
-
 }