diff --git a/lib/devices/android/android.js b/lib/devices/android/android.js
index eb9c6b155..fc6433a39 100644
--- a/lib/devices/android/android.js
+++ b/lib/devices/android/android.js
@@ -287,6 +287,19 @@ Android.prototype.checkApiLevel = function (cb) {
   });
 };
 
+Android.prototype.decorateChromeOptions = function (caps) {
+  if (this.args.chromeOptions) {
+    _.each(this.args.chromeOptions, function (val, option) {
+      if (typeof caps.chromeOptions[option] === "undefined") {
+        caps.chromeOptions[option] = val;
+      } else {
+        logger.warn("Cannot pass option " + caps.chromeOptions[option] + " because Appium needs it to make chromeDriver work");
+      }
+    });
+  }
+  return caps;
+};
+
 Android.prototype.processFromManifest = function (cb) {
   if (!this.args.app) {
     return cb();
diff --git a/lib/devices/android/chrome.js b/lib/devices/android/chrome.js
index 3761ec52f..9ea54055f 100644
--- a/lib/devices/android/chrome.js
+++ b/lib/devices/android/chrome.js
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ ChromeAndroid.prototype.createSession = function (cb) {
     caps.chromeOptions.androidActivity = this.args.appActivity;
   }
 
+  caps = this.decorateChromeOptions(caps);
   this.chromedriver.createSession(caps, cb);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/functional/android/chrome/desired.js b/test/functional/android/chrome/desired.js
index 15989cf3c..7f41ba820 100644
--- a/test/functional/android/chrome/desired.js
+++ b/test/functional/android/chrome/desired.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = {
   browserName: process.env.BROWSER_NAME || 'chrome',
-  enablePerformanceLogging: true
+  enablePerformanceLogging: true,
+  chromeOptions: {args: ['--disable-translate']}
 };