diff --git a/src/tools/androidtestrunner/main.cpp b/src/tools/androidtestrunner/main.cpp
index 5e867ce2f07..5bc1466b3cd 100644
--- a/src/tools/androidtestrunner/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androidtestrunner/main.cpp
@@ -509,6 +509,20 @@ static void obtainSdkVersion()
         qCritical() << "Unable to obtain the SDK version of the target.";
 }
 
+static QStringList runningDevices()
+{
+    QByteArray output;
+    execAdbCommand({ "devices"_L1 }, &output, false);
+
+    QStringList devices;
+    for (const QByteArray &line : output.split(u'\n')) {
+        if (line.contains("\tdevice"_L1))
+            devices.append(QString::fromUtf8(line.split(u'\t').first()));
+    }
+
+    return devices;
+}
+
 static bool pullFiles()
 {
     bool ret = true;
@@ -755,6 +769,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return 1;
     }
 
+    const QStringList devices = runningDevices();
+    if (devices.isEmpty()) {
+        qCritical("No connected devices or running emulators can be found.");
+        return 1;
+    } else if (!g_options.serial.isEmpty() && !devices.contains(g_options.serial)) {
+        qCritical("No connected device or running emulator with serial '%s' can be found.",
+                  qPrintable(g_options.serial));
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     obtainSdkVersion();
 
     QString manifest = g_options.buildPath + "/AndroidManifest.xml"_L1;