diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
index b3bf8daba5..54326cc3e2 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
 struct android_app *g_android;
 static pthread_key_t thread_key;
 
+static char screenshot_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+static char downloads_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+static char apk_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+static char sdcard_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+static char app_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+static char ext_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+
 static INLINE void android_app_write_cmd(void *data, int8_t cmd)
 {
    struct android_app *android_app = (struct android_app*)data;
@@ -443,13 +450,6 @@ static bool device_is_game_console(const char *name)
    return false;
 }
 
-static char screenshot_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-static char downloads_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-char apk_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-static char sdcard_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-char app_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-char ext_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-
 static bool test_permissions(const char *path)
 {
    RARCH_LOG("Testing permissions for %s\n",path);
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_android.h b/frontend/drivers/platform_android.h
index ca70f4adda..387e00005e 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_android.h
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_android.h
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 
 #include <rthreads/rthreads.h>
 
+static bool test_permissions(const char *path);
+
+static char sdcard_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+
 struct android_app
 {
    ANativeActivity* activity;
diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 1cd0bc54c6..3a91032e3e 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 #include "../git_version.h"
 #include "../performance.h"
 
+#ifdef ANDROID
+#include "../frontend/drivers/platform_android.h"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_NETWORKING
 extern char *core_buf;
 extern size_t core_len;
@@ -315,6 +319,14 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_system_info(menu_displaylist_info_t *info)
    rarch_info_get_capabilities(RARCH_CAPABILITIES_COMPILER, tmp, sizeof(tmp));
    menu_list_push(info->list, tmp, "", MENU_SETTINGS_CORE_INFO_NONE, 0, 0);
 
+#ifdef ANDROID
+   bool perms = test_permissions(sdcard_dir);
+
+   snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s: %s", "Internal SD card status", perms ? "read-write" : "read-only");
+   menu_list_push(info->list, tmp, "",
+         MENU_SETTINGS_CORE_INFO_NONE, 0, 0);
+
+#endif
    {
       char cpu_str[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};