diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 95be16079b..1a45d44c88 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     "by": "readonly",
     "expect": "readonly",
     "browser": "readonly",
+    "app": "readonly",
     "Key": "readonly"
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 3c181959b1..7b47a18ea4 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(Nightwatch, 'by', {
   }
 });
 
-Object.defineProperty(Nightwatch, 'browser', {
+const globalBrowserDescriptor = {
   configurable: true,
   get() {
     if (global.browser) {
@@ -357,7 +357,11 @@ Object.defineProperty(Nightwatch, 'browser', {
 
     throw err;
   }
-});
+};
+
+Object.defineProperty(Nightwatch, 'browser', globalBrowserDescriptor);
+
+Object.defineProperty(Nightwatch, 'app', globalBrowserDescriptor);
 
 Object.defineProperty(Nightwatch, 'Key', {
   configurable: true,
diff --git a/lib/testsuite/index.js b/lib/testsuite/index.js
index 4c3197017f..1ac1ef6bc1 100644
--- a/lib/testsuite/index.js
+++ b/lib/testsuite/index.js
@@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ class TestSuite {
       return null;
     }
 
+    Object.defineProperty(global, 'app', {
+      configurable: true,
+      get: function() {
+        return global.browser;
+      }
+    });
+
     Object.defineProperty(global, 'by', {
       configurable: true,
       get: function() {
diff --git a/test/apidemos/appium/appiumTest.js b/test/apidemos/appium/appiumTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..059fd0f8dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/apidemos/appium/appiumTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+describe('appium api demo', function () {
+  after((app) => app.end());
+
+  const availableAppiumCommands = [
+    'startActivity',
+    'getCurrentActivity',
+    'getCurrentPackage',
+    'getOrientation',
+    'setOrientation',
+    'getGeolocation',
+    'setGeolocation',
+    'pressKeyCode',
+    'longPressKeyCode',
+    'hideKeyboard',
+    'isKeyboardShown',
+    'getContexts',
+    'getContext',
+    'setContext'
+  ];
+
+  it('test appium available API commands', async function () {
+    // app variable is available globally
+    assert.strictEqual(app !== undefined, true);
+
+    availableAppiumCommands.forEach((command) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(typeof app.appium[command], 'function');
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Search for Nightwatch', async function() {
+    app  // available globally
+      .click('id', 'com.app:id/search')
+      .sendKeys('id', 'com.app:id/search', 'Nightwatch');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/src/apidemos/appium/testAppiumAPI.js b/test/src/apidemos/appium/testAppiumAPI.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47dfc7d2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/apidemos/appium/testAppiumAPI.js
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+const {strictEqual} = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const common = require('../../../common.js');
+const MockServer = require('../../../lib/mockserver.js');
+const NightwatchClient = common.require('index.js');
+
+describe('appium api demos', function () {
+  beforeEach(function (done) {
+    this.server = MockServer.init(undefined, {port: 4723});
+    this.server.on('listening', () => {
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(function (done) {
+    this.server.close(function () {
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('run appium api demo tests basic', function () {
+    const testsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../apidemos/appium/appiumTest.js');
+
+    const globals = {
+      waitForConditionPollInterval: 50,
+
+      reporter(results) {
+        if (results.lastError) {
+          throw results.lastError;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    MockServer
+      .addMock({
+        url: '/wd/hub/session',
+        method: 'POST',
+        response: JSON.stringify({
+          value: {
+            sessionId: '13521-10219-202',
+            version: 'TEST',
+            platform: 'TEST'
+          }
+        })
+      }, true)
+      .addMock({
+        url: '/wd/hub/session/13521-10219-202/elements',
+        postdata: {
+          using: 'id',
+          value: 'com.app:id/search'
+        },
+        method: 'POST',
+        response: JSON.stringify({
+          status: 0,
+          state: 'success',
+          value: [{'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': '0'}]
+        })
+      }, true, true)
+      .addMock({
+        url: '/wd/hub/session/13521-10219-202/element/0/click',
+        method: 'POST',
+        response: JSON.stringify({
+          value: null
+        })
+      }, true)
+      .addMock({
+        url: '/wd/hub/session/13521-10219-202/element/0/value',
+        method: 'POST',
+        postdata: JSON.stringify({
+          text: 'Nightwatch',
+          value: 'Nightwatch'.split('')
+        }),
+        response: JSON.stringify({
+          value: null
+        })
+      }, true);
+
+    return NightwatchClient.runTests(testsPath, {
+      selenium: {
+        host: 'localhost',
+        port: 4723,
+        start_process: false,
+        use_appium: true
+      },
+      desiredCapabilities: {
+        browserName: ''
+      },
+      output: false,
+      skip_testcases_on_fail: false,
+      silent: true,
+      persist_globals: true,
+      globals,
+      output_folder: false
+    }).then(_ => {
+      strictEqual(NightwatchClient.app !== undefined, true);
+    });
+  });
+});