diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index fd4ebf17..a630609e 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -1298,4 +1298,13 @@ program
       .done(run)
   })
 
+program
+  .command('doctor')
+  .description('diagnose issues before starting')
+  .option('--devices'
+    , 'diagnose devices connected to stf')
+  .action(function(options) {
+    require('./util/doctor').run(options)
+  })
+
 program.parse(process.argv)
diff --git a/lib/util/doctor.js b/lib/util/doctor.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5141cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/doctor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+var os = require('os')
+var semver = require('semver')
+var childProcess = require('child_process')
+var rethinkdbPkg = require('rethinkdb/package')
+var zmq = require('zmq')
+
+var pkg = require('../../package')
+var log = require('./logger').createLogger('util:doctor')
+
+var doctor = module.exports = Object.create(null)
+
+function unsupportedVersion(desc, ver, range, callback) {
+  if (!semver.satisfies(ver, range)) {
+    log.error(
+      'Current %s version is not supported, it has to be %s'
+      , desc
+      , range
+    )
+    if (callback) {
+      return callback()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function execHasErrors(error, stderr) {
+  if (error) {
+    if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      log.warn('Executable was not found')
+    }
+    else {
+      log.error(error)
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+  if (stderr) {
+    log.error('There was an error with: %s', stderr)
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+function execCommand(command, param, desc, match, callback) {
+  childProcess.execFile(command, [param],
+    function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+      if (!execHasErrors(error, stderr)) {
+        if (stdout) {
+          var result = stdout.replace(match, '$1')
+          if (result) {
+            log.info('%s %s', desc, result)
+            if (callback) {
+              return callback(result)
+            }
+          }
+          else {
+            log.error('There was an error with: %s', stdout)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+doctor.checkOSArch = function() {
+  log.info('OS Arch: %s', os.arch())
+}
+
+doctor.checkOSPlatform = function() {
+  log.info('OS Platform: %s', os.platform())
+  if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
+    log.warn('STF has never been tested on Windows. Contributions are welcome!')
+  }
+}
+
+doctor.checkOSRelease = function() {
+  log.info('OS Platform: %s', os.release())
+}
+
+doctor.checkNodeVersion = function() {
+  log.info('Using Node %s', process.versions.node)
+  if (pkg.engineStrict) {
+    unsupportedVersion('Node', process.versions.node, pkg.engines.node)
+  }
+}
+
+doctor.checkRethinkDBClient = function() {
+  log.info('Using RethinkDB client %s', rethinkdbPkg.version)
+}
+
+doctor.checkLocalRethinkDBServer = function() {
+  execCommand(
+    'rethinkdb'
+    , '--version'
+    , 'Local RethinkDB server'
+    , /rethinkdb (.*?) \(.*\)\n?/gm
+    , function(ver) {
+      unsupportedVersion(
+        'Local RethinkDB server'
+        , ver
+        , pkg.externalDependencies.rethinkdb
+      )
+    })
+}
+
+doctor.checkGraphicsMagick = function() {
+  execCommand(
+    'gm'
+    , '-version'
+    , 'GraphicsMagick'
+    , /GraphicsMagick ((.|\n)*?) (.|\n)*/g
+    , function(ver) {
+      unsupportedVersion('GraphicsMagick', ver, pkg.externalDependencies.gm)
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+doctor.checkZeroMQ = function() {
+  log.info('Using ZeroMQ %s', zmq.version)
+
+  unsupportedVersion('ZeroMQ', zmq.version, pkg.externalDependencies.zeromq)
+}
+
+doctor.checkProtoBuf = function() {
+  execCommand(
+    'protoc'
+    , '--version'
+    , 'ProtoBuf'
+    , /^libprotoc (.*)\n$/g
+    , function(ver) {
+      unsupportedVersion(
+        'ProtoBuf'
+        , ver
+        , pkg.externalDependencies.protobuf
+      )
+    })
+}
+
+doctor.checkADB = function() {
+  execCommand(
+    'adb'
+    , 'version'
+    , 'Local ADB'
+    , /Android Debug Bridge version ((.|\n)*?)/g
+    , function(ver) {
+      unsupportedVersion('AD', ver, pkg.externalDependencies.adb)
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+doctor.checkDevices = function() {
+  // Show all connected USB devices, including hubs
+  if (os.platform() === 'darwin') {
+    childProcess.execFile('ioreg', ['-p', 'IOUSB', '-w0'],
+      function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+        log.info('USB devices connected including hubs:')
+        if (!execHasErrors(error, stderr)) {
+          var list = stdout.replace(/@.*|\+-o Root\s{2}.*\n|\+-o |^\s{2}/gm, '')
+            .split('\n')
+          list.forEach(function(device) {
+            log.info(device)
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    )
+  }
+  else if (os.platform() === 'linux') {
+    childProcess.execFile('lsusb', [],
+      function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+        log.info('USB devices connected including hubs:')
+        if (!execHasErrors(error, stderr)) {
+          var list = stdout.replace(/Bus \d+ Device \d+: ID \w+:\w+ /gm, '')
+            .split('\n')
+          list.forEach(function(device) {
+            log.info(device)
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    )
+  }
+
+  // Show all the devices seen by adb
+  childProcess.execFile('adb', ['devices'],
+    function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+      log.info('Devices that ADB can see:')
+      if (!execHasErrors(error, stderr)) {
+        var s = stdout.replace(/List of devices attached \n|^\s*/gm, '')
+        if (s.length === 0) {
+          log.error('No devices')
+        }
+        else {
+          var list = s.split('\n')
+          list.forEach(function(device) {
+            log.info(device)
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+doctor.run = function(options) {
+  // Check devices
+  if (options.devices) {
+    doctor.checkDevices()
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Check OS architecture
+  doctor.checkOSArch()
+
+  // Check OS platform
+  doctor.checkOSPlatform()
+
+  // Check OS release
+  doctor.checkOSRelease()
+
+  // Check node version
+  doctor.checkNodeVersion()
+
+  // Check rethinkdb client
+  doctor.checkRethinkDBClient()
+
+  // Check local rethinkdb server
+  doctor.checkLocalRethinkDBServer()
+
+  // Check graphicsmagick
+  doctor.checkGraphicsMagick()
+
+  // Check zeromq
+  doctor.checkZeroMQ()
+
+  // Check protobuf
+  doctor.checkProtoBuf()
+
+  // Check adb
+  doctor.checkADB()
+
+  // TODO:
+  // Check yasm
+  // Check pkg-config
+  // Check python2
+  // Exit on errors
+  // Run on stf local
+
+  // Only for stf local:
+  // Check if rethinkdb is running
+  // Check if adb server is running
+}