diff --git a/android/src/AndroidInterface.cc b/android/src/AndroidInterface.cc
index f8c0874314d..8276f56a20f 100644
--- a/android/src/AndroidInterface.cc
+++ b/android/src/AndroidInterface.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ QString getSDCardPath()
 
     const QJniObject result = QJniObject::callStaticObjectMethod(kJniQGCActivityClassName, "getSDCardPath", "()Ljava/lang/String;");
     if (!result.isValid()) {
-        qCWarning(AndroidInterfaceLog) << "Invalid Result";
+        qCWarning(AndroidInterfaceLog) << "Call to java getSDCardPath failed: Invalid Result";
         return QString();
     }
 
diff --git a/android/src/org/mavlink/qgroundcontrol/QGCActivity.java b/android/src/org/mavlink/qgroundcontrol/QGCActivity.java
index 7c2025aa8fe..c40ed727398 100644
--- a/android/src/org/mavlink/qgroundcontrol/QGCActivity.java
+++ b/android/src/org/mavlink/qgroundcontrol/QGCActivity.java
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 package org.mavlink.qgroundcontrol;
 
+import java.util.List;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.PowerManager;
 import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.os.storage.StorageManager;
+import android.os.storage.StorageVolume;
 
 import org.qtproject.qt.android.bindings.QtActivity;
 
@@ -110,6 +116,35 @@ private void releaseMulticastLock() {
         }
     }
 
+    public static String getSDCardPath() {
+        StorageManager storageManager = (StorageManager)m_instance.getSystemService(Activity.STORAGE_SERVICE);
+        List<StorageVolume> volumes = storageManager.getStorageVolumes();
+        Method mMethodGetPath;
+        String path = "";
+        for (StorageVolume vol : volumes) {
+            try {
+                mMethodGetPath = vol.getClass().getMethod("getPath");
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                continue;
+            }
+            try {
+                path = (String) mMethodGetPath.invoke(vol);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (vol.isRemovable() == true) {
+                Log.i(TAG, "removable sd card mounted " + path);
+                return path;
+            } else {
+                Log.i(TAG, "storage mounted " + path);
+            }
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
     // Native C++ functions
     public native boolean nativeInit();
     public native void qgcLogDebug(final String message);