diff --git a/backends/platform/android/android.cpp b/backends/platform/android/android.cpp
index ad80ea7f8c6..5e3d1d0db67 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/android.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/android/android.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ OSystem_Android::OSystem_Android(int audio_sample_rate, int audio_buffer_size) :
 	_touchpad_scale(66),
 	_dpad_scale(4),
 	_fingersDown(0),
-	_trackball_scale(2) {
+	_trackball_scale(2),
+	_joystick_scale(10) {
 
 	_fsFactory = new POSIXFilesystemFactory();
 
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/android.h b/backends/platform/android/android.h
index b4813b3bdfb..704ce12f602 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/android.h
+++ b/backends/platform/android/android.h
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ private:
 	int _touchpad_scale;
 	int _trackball_scale;
 	int _dpad_scale;
+	int _joystick_scale;
 	int _fingersDown;
 
 	void clipMouse(Common::Point &p);
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/events.cpp b/backends/platform/android/events.cpp
index 5ad9ed825cd..4d7ef9caf20 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/events.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/android/events.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ enum {
 	JE_RMB_UP = 12,
 	JE_MOUSE_MOVE = 13,
 	JE_GAMEPAD = 14,
+	JE_JOYSTICK = 15,
 	JE_QUIT = 0x1000
 };
 
@@ -896,6 +897,31 @@ void OSystem_Android::pushEvent(int type, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3,
 
 		break;
 
+	case JE_JOYSTICK:
+		e.mouse = getEventManager()->getMousePos();
+
+		switch (arg1) {
+		case JACTION_MULTIPLE:
+			e.type = Common::EVENT_MOUSEMOVE;
+
+			// already multiplied by 100
+			e.mouse.x += arg2 * _joystick_scale / _eventScaleX;
+			e.mouse.y += arg3 * _joystick_scale / _eventScaleY;
+
+			clipMouse(e.mouse);
+
+			break;
+		default:
+			LOGE("unhandled jaction on joystick: %d", arg1);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		lockMutex(_event_queue_lock);
+		_event_queue.push(e);
+		unlockMutex(_event_queue_lock);
+
+		return;
+
 	case JE_QUIT:
 		e.type = Common::EVENT_QUIT;
 
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMActivity.java b/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMActivity.java
index 829a948435a..5d041dafd21 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMActivity.java
+++ b/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMActivity.java
@@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ public class ScummVMActivity extends Activity {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean onGenericMotionEvent(final MotionEvent e) {
+		if (_events != null)
+			return _events.onGenericMotionEvent(e);
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	private void showKeyboard(boolean show) {
 		SurfaceView main_surface = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.main_surface);
 		InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMEvents.java b/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMEvents.java
index 9278e7ff1c0..21f177f0c7f 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMEvents.java
+++ b/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMEvents.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import android.view.GestureDetector;
+import android.view.InputDevice;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
 
 public class ScummVMEvents implements
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public class ScummVMEvents implements
 	public static final int JE_RMB_UP = 12;
 	public static final int JE_MOUSE_MOVE = 13;
 	public static final int JE_GAMEPAD = 14;
+	public static final int JE_JOYSTICK = 15;
 	public static final int JE_QUIT = 0x1000;
 
 	final protected Context _context;
@@ -64,6 +66,18 @@ public class ScummVMEvents implements
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	public boolean onGenericMotionEvent(final MotionEvent e) {
+		if((e.getSource() & InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_JOYSTICK) != 0) {
+			_scummvm.pushEvent(JE_JOYSTICK, e.getAction(),
+					   (int)(e.getAxisValue(MotionEvent.AXIS_X)*100),
+					   (int)(e.getAxisValue(MotionEvent.AXIS_Y)*100),
+					   0, 0);
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	final static int MSG_MENU_LONG_PRESS = 1;
 
 	final private Handler keyHandler = new Handler() {