diff --git a/src/devtools/adb_tcp/console.c b/src/devtools/adb_tcp/console.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b813d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/devtools/adb_tcp/console.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "sysdeps.h"
+#include "adb.h"
+#include "adb_client.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+static int  connect_to_console(void)
+{
+    int  fd, port;
+
+    port = adb_get_emulator_console_port();
+    if (port < 0) {
+        if (port == -2)
+            fprintf(stderr, "error: more than one emulator detected. use -s option\n");
+        else
+            fprintf(stderr, "error: no emulator detected\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    fd = socket_loopback_client( port, SOCK_STREAM );
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "error: could not connect to TCP port %d\n", port);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return  fd;
+}
+
+
+int  adb_send_emulator_command(int  argc, char**  argv)
+{
+    int   fd, nn;
+
+    fd = connect_to_console();
+    if (fd < 0)
+        return 1;
+
+#define  QUIT  "quit\n"
+
+    for (nn = 1; nn < argc; nn++) {
+        adb_write( fd, argv[nn], strlen(argv[nn]) );
+        adb_write( fd, (nn == argc-1) ? "\n" : " ", 1 );
+    }
+    adb_write( fd, QUIT, sizeof(QUIT)-1 );
+    adb_close(fd);
+
+    return 0;
+}