diff --git a/.zuul.yml b/.zuul.yml
index 38bc342e..fb9da14d 100644
--- a/.zuul.yml
+++ b/.zuul.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ browsers:
     version: [6..9, latest]
   - name: iphone
     version: oldest..latest
+  - name: android
+    version: latest
diff --git a/lib/browser.js b/lib/browser.js
index 6c3c16b7..95cb94b3 100644
--- a/lib/browser.js
+++ b/lib/browser.js
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ var sliceBuffer = require('arraybuffer.slice');
 var base64encoder = require('base64-arraybuffer');
 var after = require('after');
 
+/**
+ * Check if we are running an android browser. That requires us to use
+ * ArrayBuffer with polling transports...
+ *
+ * http://ghinda.net/jpeg-blob-ajax-android/
+ */
+
+var isAndroid = navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i);
+
 /**
  * Current protocol version.
  */
@@ -69,7 +78,7 @@ exports.encodePacket = function (packet, supportsBinary, callback) {
 
   if (global.ArrayBuffer && data instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
     return encodeArrayBuffer(packet, supportsBinary, callback);
-  } else if (Blob && data instanceof Blob) {
+  } else if (Blob && data instanceof global.Blob) {
     return encodeBlob(packet, supportsBinary, callback);
   }
 
@@ -124,6 +133,10 @@ function encodeBlob(packet, supportsBinary, callback) {
     return exports.encodeBase64Packet(packet, callback);
   }
 
+  if (isAndroid) {
+    return encodeBlobAsArrayBuffer(packet, supportsBinary, callback);
+  }
+
   var length = new Uint8Array(1);
   length[0] = packets[packet.type];
   var blob = new Blob([length.buffer, packet.data]);
@@ -246,9 +259,10 @@ exports.encodePayload = function (packets, supportsBinary, callback) {
   }
 
   if (supportsBinary) {
-    if (Blob) {
+    if (Blob && !isAndroid) {
       return exports.encodePayloadAsBlob(packets, callback);
     }
+
     return exports.encodePayloadAsArrayBuffer(packets, callback);
   }