diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc937552cd..93501ddc8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,6 +142,28 @@ webExt.cmd.run({
   });
 ```
 
+If you would like to run an extension on Firefox for Android:
+
+```js
+// Path to adb binary (optional parameter, auto-detected if missing)
+const adbBin = "/path/to/adb";
+// Get an array of device ids (Array<string>)
+const deviceIds = await webExt.util.adb.listADBDevices(adbBin);
+const adbDevice = ...
+// Get an array of Firefox APKs (Array<string>)
+const firefoxAPKs = await webExt.util.adb.listADBFirefoxAPKs(
+  deviceId, adbBin
+);
+const firefoxApk = ...
+
+webExt.cmd.run({
+  target: 'firefox-android',
+  firefoxApk,
+  adbDevice,
+  sourceDir: ...
+}).then((extensionRunner) => {...});
+```
+
 If you would like to control logging, you can access the logger object. Here is an example of turning on verbose logging:
 
 ```js
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 3a1a456550..d2c9d8d74d 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@ import {main} from './program';
 import cmd from './cmd';
 import * as logger from './util/logger';
 
-// This only exposes util/logger so far.
+// This only exposes util/logger and a subset of util/adb so far.
 // Do we need anything else?
-const util = {logger};
+const util = {
+  logger,
+  // Lazy load the adb module when util.adb is accessed for the first time, to defer loading
+  // the npm dependencies used by the adb module to when actually needed.
+  // This is being done to continue the courtesy of web-ext issue #1301
+  get adb(): Object {
+    const {listADBDevices, listADBFirefoxAPKs} = require('./util/adb');
+    return {listADBDevices, listADBFirefoxAPKs};
+  },
+};
 
 export default {main, cmd, util};
diff --git a/src/util/adb.js b/src/util/adb.js
index 213f0134fb..2aa667a05e 100644
--- a/src/util/adb.js
+++ b/src/util/adb.js
@@ -418,3 +418,16 @@ export default class ADBUtils {
     });
   }
 }
+
+export async function listADBDevices(adbBin?: string): Promise<Array<string>> {
+  const adbClient = new ADBUtils({adbBin});
+  return adbClient.discoverDevices();
+}
+
+export async function listADBFirefoxAPKs(
+  deviceId: string,
+  adbBin?: string
+): Promise<Array<string>> {
+  const adbClient = new ADBUtils({adbBin});
+  return adbClient.discoverInstalledFirefoxAPKs(deviceId);
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/import-as-esm/test-import.mjs b/tests/fixtures/import-as-esm/test-import.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b1a856b20..0000000000
--- a/tests/fixtures/import-as-esm/test-import.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import assert from 'assert';
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved
-import webExt from 'web-ext';
-
-assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(webExt).sort(), ['cmd', 'main', 'util'].sort());
-assert.equal(typeof webExt.cmd.run, 'function');
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/require-as-cjs/test-require.js b/tests/fixtures/require-as-cjs/test-require.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a9a51b81a6..0000000000
--- a/tests/fixtures/require-as-cjs/test-require.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-const assert = require('assert');
-
-const webExt = require('web-ext');
-
-assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(webExt).sort(), ['cmd', 'main', 'util'].sort());
-assert.equal(typeof webExt.cmd.run, 'function');
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/helpers.js b/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..513fa70a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+
+function testModuleExports(webExt) {
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(webExt).sort(), ['cmd', 'main', 'util'].sort());
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(webExt.util).sort(), ['logger', 'adb'].sort());
+  assert.equal(typeof webExt.cmd.run, 'function');
+
+  assertImportedADB({expectLoaded: false});
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    Object.keys(webExt.util.adb).sort(),
+    ['listADBDevices', 'listADBFirefoxAPKs'].sort(),
+  );
+  assertImportedADB({expectLoaded: true});
+}
+
+function assertImportedADB({expectLoaded}) {
+  const adbPathString = path.join('@devicefarmer', 'adbkit');
+  const hasAdbDeps = Object.keys(require.cache).filter(
+    (filePath) => filePath.includes(adbPathString)
+  ).length > 0;
+
+  const msg = expectLoaded
+    ? 'adb module should have been loaded'
+    : 'adb module should not be loaded yet';
+
+  assert.equal(hasAdbDeps, expectLoaded, msg);
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  testModuleExports,
+};
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/test-import.mjs b/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/test-import.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d9cf34636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/test-import.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved
+import webExt from 'web-ext';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
+import helpers from './helpers.js';
+
+const {testModuleExports} = helpers;
+
+testModuleExports(webExt);
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/test-require.js b/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/test-require.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afc2f39874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/webext-as-library/test-require.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const webExt = require('web-ext');
+
+const {testModuleExports} = require('./helpers.js');
+
+testModuleExports(webExt);
diff --git a/tests/functional/common.js b/tests/functional/common.js
index e78d6bedee..00e8fe5561 100644
--- a/tests/functional/common.js
+++ b/tests/functional/common.js
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ export const fixturesDir: string =
   path.join(functionalTestsDir, '..', 'fixtures');
 export const minimalAddonPath: string =
   path.join(fixturesDir, 'minimal-web-ext');
-export const fixtureEsmImport: string =
-  path.join(fixturesDir, 'import-as-esm');
-export const fixtureCjsRequire: string =
-  path.join(fixturesDir, 'require-as-cjs');
+export const fixturesUseAsLibrary: string =
+  path.join(fixturesDir, 'webext-as-library');
 export const fakeFirefoxPath: string = path.join(
   functionalTestsDir,
   process.platform === 'win32' ?
diff --git a/tests/functional/test.lib.imports.js b/tests/functional/test.lib.imports.js
index ce23a4ec40..0c0bbd45ea 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test.lib.imports.js
+++ b/tests/functional/test.lib.imports.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {describe, it, before, after} from 'mocha';
 import shell from 'shelljs';
 
 import {
-  withTempDir, fixtureEsmImport, fixtureCjsRequire,
+  withTempDir, fixturesUseAsLibrary,
 } from './common';
 
 const npm = shell.which('npm').toString();
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('web-ext imported as a library', () => {
   it('can be imported as an ESM module', async () => {
     await withTempDir(async (tmpDir) => {
       execFileSync(npm, ['link', 'web-ext'], {cwd: tmpDir.path()});
-      shell.cp('-rf', `${fixtureEsmImport}/*`, tmpDir.path());
+      shell.cp('-rf', `${fixturesUseAsLibrary}/*`, tmpDir.path());
       execFileSync(node, ['--experimental-modules', 'test-import.mjs'], {
         cwd: tmpDir.path(),
       });
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('web-ext imported as a library', () => {
   it('can be imported as a CommonJS module', async () => {
     await withTempDir(async (tmpDir) => {
       execFileSync(npm, ['link', 'web-ext'], {cwd: tmpDir.path()});
-      shell.cp('-rf', `${fixtureCjsRequire}/*`, tmpDir.path());
+      shell.cp('-rf', `${fixturesUseAsLibrary}/*`, tmpDir.path());
       execFileSync(node, ['--experimental-modules', 'test-require.js'], {
         cwd: tmpDir.path(),
       });
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-util/test.adb.js b/tests/unit/test-util/test.adb.js
index ac97324431..60b25e74c8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-util/test.adb.js
+++ b/tests/unit/test-util/test.adb.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 import ADBUtils, {
   ARTIFACTS_DIR_PREFIX,
   DEVICE_DIR_BASE,
+  listADBDevices, listADBFirefoxAPKs,
 } from '../../../src/util/adb';
 import {
   consoleStream, // instance is imported to inspect logged messages
@@ -1310,4 +1311,31 @@ describe('utils/adb', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('exports exposed in util.adb', () => {
+    it('should export a listADBDevices method', async () => {
+      const stubDiscoverDevices = sinon.stub(
+        ADBUtils.prototype, 'discoverDevices'
+      );
+      stubDiscoverDevices.resolves(['emulator1', 'device2']);
+      const promise = listADBDevices();
+      const devices = await assert.isFulfilled(promise);
+      assert.deepEqual(devices, ['emulator1', 'device2']);
+    });
+
+    it('should export a listADBFirefoxAPKs method', async () => {
+      const stubDiscoverInstalledFirefoxAPKs = sinon.stub(
+        ADBUtils.prototype, 'discoverInstalledFirefoxAPKs'
+      );
+      stubDiscoverInstalledFirefoxAPKs
+        .resolves(['package1', 'package2', 'package3']);
+      const promise = listADBFirefoxAPKs('device1');
+      const packages = await assert.isFulfilled(promise);
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(
+        stubDiscoverInstalledFirefoxAPKs,
+        'device1'
+      );
+      assert.deepEqual(packages, ['package1', 'package2', 'package3']);
+    });
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/test.web-ext.js b/tests/unit/test.web-ext.js
index e40f6fbb3f..9bdd75dbb1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test.web-ext.js
+++ b/tests/unit/test.web-ext.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import sinon from 'sinon';
 import webExt from '../../src/main';
 import {main} from '../../src/program';
 import {consoleStream} from '../../src/util/logger';
+import {listADBDevices, listADBFirefoxAPKs} from '../../src/util/adb';
 
 
 describe('webExt', () => {
@@ -17,6 +18,16 @@ describe('webExt', () => {
     assert.equal(webExt.util.logger.consoleStream, consoleStream);
   });
 
+  describe('exposes adb utils', () => {
+    it('gives access to listADBDevices', () => {
+      assert.equal(webExt.util.adb.listADBDevices, listADBDevices);
+    });
+
+    it('gives access to listADBFirefoxAPKs', () => {
+      assert.equal(webExt.util.adb.listADBFirefoxAPKs, listADBFirefoxAPKs);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('exposes commands', () => {
     let stub: any;
     afterEach(() => {