diff --git a/adb/test_adb.py b/adb/test_adb.py
index 8f31a53..ddd3ff0 100644
--- a/adb/test_adb.py
+++ b/adb/test_adb.py
@@ -119,6 +119,31 @@
                          stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def adb_server():
+    """Context manager for an ADB server.
+
+    This creates an ADB server and returns the port it's listening on.
+    """
+
+    port = 5038
+    # Kill any existing server on this non-default port.
+    subprocess.check_output(['adb', '-P', str(port), 'kill-server'],
+                            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    read_pipe, write_pipe = os.pipe()
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(['adb', '-L', 'tcp:localhost:{}'.format(port),
+                             'fork-server', 'server',
+                             '--reply-fd', str(write_pipe)])
+    try:
+        os.close(write_pipe)
+        greeting = os.read(read_pipe, 1024)
+        assert greeting == 'OK\n', repr(greeting)
+        yield port
+    finally:
+        proc.terminate()
+        proc.wait()
+
+
 class CommandlineTest(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests for the ADB commandline."""
 
@@ -310,6 +335,39 @@
             # reading the response from the adb emu kill command (on Windows).
             self.assertEqual(0, proc.returncode)
 
+    def test_emulator_connect(self):
+        """Ensure that the emulator can connect.
+
+        Bug: http://b/78991667
+        """
+        with adb_server() as server_port:
+            with fake_adbd() as port:
+                serial = 'emulator-{}'.format(port - 1)
+                # Ensure that the emulator is not there.
+                try:
+                    subprocess.check_output(['adb', '-P', str(server_port),
+                                             '-s', serial, 'get-state'],
+                                            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                    self.fail('Device should not be available')
+                except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        err.output.strip(),
+                        'error: device \'{}\' not found'.format(serial))
+
+                # Let the ADB server know that the emulator has started.
+                with contextlib.closing(
+                    socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)) as sock:
+                    sock.connect(('localhost', server_port))
+                    command = 'host:emulator:{}'.format(port)
+                    sock.sendall('%04x%s' % (len(command), command))
+
+                # Ensure the emulator is there.
+                subprocess.check_call(['adb', '-P', str(server_port),
+                                       '-s', serial, 'wait-for-device'])
+                output = subprocess.check_output(['adb', '-P', str(server_port),
+                                                  '-s', serial, 'get-state'])
+                self.assertEqual(output.strip(), 'device')
+
 
 class ConnectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests for adb connect."""