diff --git a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java
index 23e188b22..ad207f449 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java
@@ -30,10 +30,16 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static io.appium.java_client.MobileCommand.GET_SESSION;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toMap;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isBlank;
+
 @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
 abstract class DefaultGenericMobileDriver<T extends WebElement> extends RemoteWebDriver
     implements MobileDriver<T> {
 
+    private ImmutableMap sessionDetails = null;
+
     public DefaultGenericMobileDriver(CommandExecutor executor, Capabilities desiredCapabilities) {
         super(executor, desiredCapabilities);
     }
@@ -151,6 +157,32 @@ public List findElementsByXPath(String using) {
         return super.getMouse();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return a map with values that hold session details.
+     *
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Override
+    public synchronized Map<String, Object> getSessionDetails() {
+        if (sessionDetails == null) {
+            Response response = execute(GET_SESSION);
+            Map<String, Object> resultMap = Map.class.cast(response.getValue());
+
+            //this filtering was added to clear returned result.
+            //results of further operations should be simply interpreted by users
+            sessionDetails = ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder()
+                    .putAll(resultMap.entrySet()
+                            .stream().filter(entry -> {
+                                String key = entry.getKey();
+                                Object value = entry.getValue();
+                                return !isBlank(key)
+                                        && value != null
+                                        && !isBlank(String.valueOf(value));
+                            }).collect(toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue))).build();
+        }
+        return sessionDetails;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return String.format("%s: %s", getPlatformName(),
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/HasSessionDetails.java b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/HasSessionDetails.java
index cefdfdf3d..8042f3139 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/HasSessionDetails.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/HasSessionDetails.java
@@ -16,41 +16,21 @@
 
 package io.appium.java_client;
 
-import static io.appium.java_client.MobileCommand.GET_SESSION;
 import static java.util.Optional.ofNullable;
-import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toMap;
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isBlank;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.Response;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 public interface HasSessionDetails extends ExecutesMethod {
+
+    Map<String, Object> getSessionDetails();
+
     /**
-     * @return a map with values that hold session details.
+     * Get the value of the corresponding session detail.
      *
+     * @param detail The name of the details to get in the map.
+     * @return The value of the detail.
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    default Map<String, Object> getSessionDetails() {
-        Response response = execute(GET_SESSION);
-        Map<String, Object> resultMap = Map.class.cast(response.getValue());
-
-        //this filtering was added to clear returned result.
-        //results of further operations should be simply interpreted by users
-        return  ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder()
-                .putAll(resultMap.entrySet()
-                        .stream().filter(entry -> {
-                            String key = entry.getKey();
-                            Object value = entry.getValue();
-                            return !isBlank(key)
-                                && value != null
-                                && !isBlank(String.valueOf(value));
-                        }).collect(toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue))).build();
-    }
-
     default @Nullable Object getSessionDetail(String detail) {
         return getSessionDetails().get(detail);
     }
@@ -67,7 +47,7 @@ default Map<String, Object> getSessionDetails() {
     /**
      * @return current automation name.
      */
-    default @Nullable String  getAutomationName() {
+    default @Nullable String getAutomationName() {
         return ofNullable(getSessionDetail("automationName"))
                 .map(String::valueOf).orElse(null);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/pagefactory_tests/widget/tests/AbstractStubWebDriver.java b/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/pagefactory_tests/widget/tests/AbstractStubWebDriver.java
index d5c5af560..b0096df05 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/pagefactory_tests/widget/tests/AbstractStubWebDriver.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/pagefactory_tests/widget/tests/AbstractStubWebDriver.java
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 public abstract class AbstractStubWebDriver implements WebDriver, HasSessionDetails {
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, Object> getSessionDetails() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Response execute(String driverCommand, Map<String, ?> parameters) {
         return null;