diff --git a/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/build.gradle b/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96bbb27267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+apply plugin: 'idea'
+apply plugin: 'osgi'
+
+sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
+targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
+
+dependencies {
+    compile project(':rxjava-core')
+    provided 'junit:junit-dep:4.10'
+    provided 'org.mockito:mockito-core:1.8.5'
+    provided 'org.robolectric:robolectric:2.1.1'
+    provided 'com.google.android:android:4.0.1.2'
+}
+
+eclipse {
+  classpath {
+    // include 'provided' dependencies on the classpath
+    plusConfigurations += configurations.provided
+
+    downloadSources = true
+    downloadJavadoc = true
+  }
+}
+
+idea {
+	module {
+		// include 'provided' dependencies on the classpath
+		scopes.PROVIDED.plus += configurations.provided
+	}
+}
+
+javadoc {
+    options {
+        doclet = "org.benjchristensen.doclet.DocletExclude"
+        docletpath = [rootProject.file('./gradle/doclet-exclude.jar')]
+        stylesheetFile = rootProject.file('./gradle/javadocStyleSheet.css')
+        windowTitle = "RxJava Android Javadoc ${project.version}"
+    }
+    options.addStringOption('top').value = '<h2 class="title" style="padding-top:40px">RxJava Android</h2>'
+}
+
+jar {
+    manifest {
+        name = 'rxjava-android'
+        instruction 'Bundle-Vendor', 'Netflix'
+        instruction 'Bundle-DocURL', 'https://github.com/Netflix/RxJava'
+        instruction 'Import-Package', '!org.junit,!junit.framework,!org.mockito.*,*'
+    }
+}
+
+test {
+    testLogging {
+        exceptionFormat "full"
+        events "started"
+        displayGranularity 2
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/src/main/java/rx/android/concurrency/AndroidSchedulers.java b/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/src/main/java/rx/android/concurrency/AndroidSchedulers.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36a8154d16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/src/main/java/rx/android/concurrency/AndroidSchedulers.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package rx.android.concurrency;
+
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.Looper;
+import rx.Scheduler;
+
+/**
+ * Schedulers that have Android specific functionality
+ */
+public class AndroidSchedulers {
+
+    private static final Scheduler MAIN_THREAD_SCHEDULER =
+            new HandlerThreadScheduler(new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()));
+
+    private AndroidSchedulers(){
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@link Scheduler} which uses the provided {@link Handler} to execute an action
+     * @param handler The handler that will be used when executing the action
+     * @return A handler based scheduler
+     */
+    public static Scheduler handlerThread(final Handler handler) {
+        return new HandlerThreadScheduler(handler);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@link Scheduler} which will execute an action on the main Android UI thread.
+     *
+     * @return A Main {@link Looper} based scheduler
+     */
+    public static Scheduler mainThread() {
+        return MAIN_THREAD_SCHEDULER;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/src/main/java/rx/android/concurrency/HandlerThreadScheduler.java b/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/src/main/java/rx/android/concurrency/HandlerThreadScheduler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a2b165bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rxjava-contrib/rxjava-android/src/main/java/rx/android/concurrency/HandlerThreadScheduler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package rx.android.concurrency;
+
+import android.os.Handler;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+import rx.Scheduler;
+import rx.Subscription;
+import rx.operators.AtomicObservableSubscription;
+import rx.util.functions.Func2;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+/**
+ * Schedules actions to run on an Android Handler thread.
+ */
+public class HandlerThreadScheduler extends Scheduler {
+
+    private final Handler handler;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a {@link HandlerThreadScheduler} using the given {@link Handler}
+     * @param handler {@link Handler} to use when scheduling actions
+     */
+    public HandlerThreadScheduler(Handler handler) {
+        this.handler = handler;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Calls {@link HandlerThreadScheduler#schedule(Object, rx.util.functions.Func2, long, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit)}
+     * with a delay of zero milliseconds.
+     *
+     * See {@link #schedule(Object, rx.util.functions.Func2, long, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit)}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <T> Subscription schedule(final T state, final Func2<Scheduler, T, Subscription> action) {
+        return schedule(state, action, 0L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Calls {@link Handler#postDelayed(Runnable, long)} with a runnable that executes the given action.
+     * @param state
+     *            State to pass into the action.
+     * @param action
+     *            Action to schedule.
+     * @param delayTime
+     *            Time the action is to be delayed before executing.
+     * @param unit
+     *            Time unit of the delay time.
+     * @return A Subscription from which one can unsubscribe from.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <T> Subscription schedule(final T state, final Func2<Scheduler, T, Subscription> action, long delayTime, TimeUnit unit) {
+        final AtomicObservableSubscription subscription = new AtomicObservableSubscription();
+        final Scheduler _scheduler = this;
+        handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                subscription.wrap(action.call(_scheduler, state));
+            }
+        }, unit.toMillis(delayTime));
+        return subscription;
+    }
+
+    @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+    @Config(manifest=Config.NONE)
+    public static final class UnitTest {
+
+        @Test
+        public void shouldScheduleImmediateActionOnHandlerThread() {
+            final Handler handler = mock(Handler.class);
+            final Object state = new Object();
+            final Func2<Scheduler, Object, Subscription> action = mock(Func2.class);
+
+            Scheduler scheduler = new HandlerThreadScheduler(handler);
+            scheduler.schedule(state, action);
+
+            // verify that we post to the given Handler
+            ArgumentCaptor<Runnable> runnable = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Runnable.class);
+            verify(handler).postDelayed(runnable.capture(), eq(0L));
+
+            // verify that the given handler delegates to our action
+            runnable.getValue().run();
+            verify(action).call(scheduler, state);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        public void shouldScheduleDelayedActionOnHandlerThread() {
+            final Handler handler = mock(Handler.class);
+            final Object state = new Object();
+            final Func2<Scheduler, Object, Subscription> action = mock(Func2.class);
+
+            Scheduler scheduler = new HandlerThreadScheduler(handler);
+            scheduler.schedule(state, action, 1L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+            // verify that we post to the given Handler
+            ArgumentCaptor<Runnable> runnable = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Runnable.class);
+            verify(handler).postDelayed(runnable.capture(), eq(1000L));
+
+            // verify that the given handler delegates to our action
+            runnable.getValue().run();
+            verify(action).call(scheduler, state);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index f07f904404..5d33717f7a 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ include 'rxjava-core', \
 'language-adaptors:rxjava-jruby', \
 'language-adaptors:rxjava-clojure', \
 'language-adaptors:rxjava-scala', \
-'rxjava-contrib:rxjava-swing'
+'rxjava-contrib:rxjava-swing', \
+'rxjava-contrib:rxjava-android'