diff --git a/project/java/RestartMainActivity.java b/project/java/RestartMainActivity.java
index db7bab855..2a3515b95 100644
--- a/project/java/RestartMainActivity.java
+++ b/project/java/RestartMainActivity.java
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ public class RestartMainActivity extends Activity
 				} catch (InterruptedException e) {}
 				Intent intent = new Intent(RestartMainActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
 				intent.putExtra(ACTIVITY_AUTODETECT_SCREEN_ORIENTATION, getIntent().getBooleanExtra(ACTIVITY_AUTODETECT_SCREEN_ORIENTATION, false));
+				String restartParams = getIntent().getStringExtra(SDL_RESTART_PARAMS);
+				intent.putExtra(SDL_RESTART_PARAMS, restartParams == null ? "" : restartParams);
 				intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
 				RestartMainActivity.this.startActivity(intent);
 				try{
@@ -144,4 +146,5 @@ public class RestartMainActivity extends Activity
 	private FrameLayout _videoLayout = null;
 
 	public static final String ACTIVITY_AUTODETECT_SCREEN_ORIENTATION = "libsdl.org.ACTIVITY_AUTODETECT_SCREEN_ORIENTATION";
+	public static final String SDL_RESTART_PARAMS = "SDL_RESTART_PARAMS";
 }
diff --git a/project/java/Settings.java b/project/java/Settings.java
index 38f3bbc4d..d06c14da1 100644
--- a/project/java/Settings.java
+++ b/project/java/Settings.java
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ class Settings
 		Log.d("SDL", "libSDL: Is running on OUYA: " + p.isRunningOnOUYA());
 		if( p.isRunningOnOUYA() )
 			nativeSetEnv( "OUYA", "1" );
+		if (p.getIntent().getStringExtra(RestartMainActivity.SDL_RESTART_PARAMS) != null)
+			nativeSetEnv( RestartMainActivity.SDL_RESTART_PARAMS, p.getIntent().getStringExtra(RestartMainActivity.SDL_RESTART_PARAMS) );
 		try {
 			DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics();
 			p.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm);
diff --git a/project/java/Video.java b/project/java/Video.java
index 06bba388d..e4f19a965 100644
--- a/project/java/Video.java
+++ b/project/java/Video.java
@@ -923,6 +923,14 @@ class DemoRenderer extends GLSurfaceView_SDL.Renderer
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void restartMyself(String restartParams)
+	{
+		Intent intent = new Intent(context, RestartMainActivity.class);
+		intent.putExtra(RestartMainActivity.SDL_RESTART_PARAMS, restartParams);
+		context.startActivity(intent);
+		System.exit(0);
+	}
+
 	private int PowerOf2(int i)
 	{
 		int value = 1;
diff --git a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_android.h b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_android.h
index 279e1920e..9a50c5619 100644
--- a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_android.h
+++ b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_android.h
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_OpenExternalApp(const char *package, co
 /* Open an Android web browser, or Chrome, or Youtube for video links. Just a wrapper for SDL_ANDROID_OpenExternalApp(NULL, NULL, url) */
 extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_OpenExternalWebBrowser(const char *url);
 
+/* Restart current app, you can pass a string to the new app instance, which can be retrieved with getenv("SDL_RESTART_PARAMS") */
+extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_RestartMyself(const char *restartParams);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c
index 8429626f4..99ad652e2 100644
--- a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c
+++ b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static jmethodID JavaRequestNewAdvertisement = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaRequestCloudSave = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaRequestCloudLoad = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaRequestOpenExternalApp = NULL;
+static jmethodID JavaRequestRestartMyself = NULL;
 static int glContextLost = 0;
 static int showScreenKeyboardDeferred = 0;
 static const char * showScreenKeyboardOldText = "";
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ JAVA_EXPORT_NAME(DemoRenderer_nativeInitJavaCallbacks) ( JNIEnv*  env, jobject t
 	JavaRequestCloudLoad = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "cloudLoad",
 													"(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Z");
 	JavaRequestOpenExternalApp = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "openExternalApp", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V");
+	JavaRequestRestartMyself = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "restartMyself", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V");
 	
 	ANDROID_InitOSKeymap();
 }
@@ -576,6 +578,15 @@ void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_OpenExternalApp(const char *package, const char *activi
 	(*JavaEnv)->PopLocalFrame(JavaEnv, NULL);
 }
 
+void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_RestartMyself(const char *restartParams)
+{
+	(*JavaEnv)->PushLocalFrame(JavaEnv, 1);
+	jstring s1 = restartParams ? (*JavaEnv)->NewStringUTF(JavaEnv, restartParams) : (*JavaEnv)->NewStringUTF(JavaEnv, "");
+	(*JavaEnv)->CallVoidMethod( JavaEnv, JavaRenderer, JavaRequestRestartMyself, s1 );
+	(*JavaEnv)->DeleteLocalRef(JavaEnv, s1);
+	(*JavaEnv)->PopLocalFrame(JavaEnv, NULL);
+}
+
 void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_OpenExternalWebBrowser(const char *url)
 {
 	SDL_ANDROID_OpenExternalApp(NULL, NULL, url);