diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8917a5f8..a85a5d8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ It does the following:
 - The gRPC service is used to communicate with the running emulator inside the
   container.
 
+*Note: You can use a public adbkey by injecting the ADBKEY_PUB variable, i.e.: -e ADBKEY_PUB="$(cat ~/.android/adbkey.pub)"*
+
 You also have the option to mount a /data partition which the emulator will use
 if available. This enables you to use a tmpfs which can give increased
 performance, especially in the nested virtualization scenario.
diff --git a/emu/templates/Dockerfile.emulator b/emu/templates/Dockerfile.emulator
index c9034220..82411c87 100644
--- a/emu/templates/Dockerfile.emulator
+++ b/emu/templates/Dockerfile.emulator
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libpulse0 libtinfo5 libx11-6 libxcb1 libxdamage1 \
     libnss3 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxi6 \
     libxext6 libxfixes3 zlib1g libgl1 pulseaudio socat \
+    iputils-ping \
 # Enable turncfg through usage of curl
     curl ca-certificates && \
     apt-get clean && \
diff --git a/emu/templates/launch-emulator.sh b/emu/templates/launch-emulator.sh
index a31b0e04..cb4ee1bb 100644
--- a/emu/templates/launch-emulator.sh
+++ b/emu/templates/launch-emulator.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ install_adb_keys() {
     echo "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----" >/root/.android/adbkey
     echo $ADBKEY | tr " " "\\n" | sed -n "4,29p" >>/root/.android/adbkey
     echo "-----END PRIVATE KEY-----" >>/root/.android/adbkey
+  elif [ ! -z "${ADBKEY_PUB}" ]; then
+    echo "emulator: Using provided adb public key"
+    echo $ADBKEY_PUB >>/root/.android/adbkey.pub
   else
     echo "emulator: No adb key provided, creating internal one, you might not be able connect from adb."
     run /android/sdk/platform-tools/adb keygen /root/.android/adbkey
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@ var_append LAUNCH_CMD -avd Pixel2
 var_append LAUNCH_CMD -ports 5556,5557 -grpc 8554 -no-window
 var_append LAUNCH_CMD -skip-adb-auth -no-snapshot-save -wipe-data -no-boot-anim
 var_append LAUNCH_CMD -shell-serial file:/tmp/android-unknown/kernel.log
+var_append LAUNCH_CMD -logcat "*:V"
 var_append LAUNCH_CMD -logcat-output /tmp/android-unknown/logcat.log
 var_append LAUNCH_CMD -logcat "*:V"
 var_append LAUNCH_CMD -feature AllowSnapshotMigration