diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/AbstractDeviceCoordinator.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/AbstractDeviceCoordinator.java
index 28e5fcf8..f27a8290 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/AbstractDeviceCoordinator.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/AbstractDeviceCoordinator.java
@@ -1,9 +1,39 @@
 package nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.devices;
 
+import android.bluetooth.BluetoothClass;
+import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.impl.GBDevice;
 
 public abstract class AbstractDeviceCoordinator implements DeviceCoordinator {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractDeviceCoordinator.class);
+
     public boolean allowFetchActivityData(GBDevice device) {
         return device.isInitialized() && !device.isBusy() && supportsActivityDataFetching();
     }
+
+    public boolean isHealthWearable(BluetoothDevice device) {
+        BluetoothClass bluetoothClass = device.getBluetoothClass();
+        if (bluetoothClass == null) {
+            LOG.warn("unable to determine bluetooth device class of " + device);
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (bluetoothClass.getMajorDeviceClass() == BluetoothClass.Device.Major.WEARABLE
+            || bluetoothClass.getMajorDeviceClass() == BluetoothClass.Device.Major.UNCATEGORIZED) {
+            int deviceClasses =
+                    BluetoothClass.Device.HEALTH_BLOOD_PRESSURE
+                    | BluetoothClass.Device.HEALTH_DATA_DISPLAY
+                    | BluetoothClass.Device.HEALTH_PULSE_RATE
+                    | BluetoothClass.Device.HEALTH_WEIGHING
+                    | BluetoothClass.Device.HEALTH_UNCATEGORIZED
+                    | BluetoothClass.Device.HEALTH_PULSE_OXIMETER
+                    | BluetoothClass.Device.HEALTH_GLUCOSE;
+
+            return (bluetoothClass.getDeviceClass() & deviceClasses) != 0;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/miband/MiBandConst.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/miband/MiBandConst.java
index ca8b9e64..8dca9b5f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/miband/MiBandConst.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/miband/MiBandConst.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public final class MiBandConst {
     public static final String ORIGIN_K9MAIL = "k9mail";
     public static final String ORIGIN_PEBBLEMSG = "pebblemsg";
     public static final String ORIGIN_GENERIC = "generic";
+    public static final String MI_GENERAL_NAME_PREFIX = "MI";
     public static final String MI_1 = "1";
     public static final String MI_1A = "1A";
     public static final String MI_1S = "1S";
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/miband/MiBandCoordinator.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/miband/MiBandCoordinator.java
index 3fba2bc0..509f4e68 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/miband/MiBandCoordinator.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/miband/MiBandCoordinator.java
@@ -32,8 +32,22 @@ public class MiBandCoordinator extends AbstractDeviceCoordinator {
     @Override
     public boolean supports(GBDeviceCandidate candidate) {
         String macAddress = candidate.getMacAddress().toUpperCase();
-        return macAddress.startsWith(MiBandService.MAC_ADDRESS_FILTER_1_1A)
-                || macAddress.startsWith(MiBandService.MAC_ADDRESS_FILTER_1S);
+        if (macAddress.startsWith(MiBandService.MAC_ADDRESS_FILTER_1_1A)
+                || macAddress.startsWith(MiBandService.MAC_ADDRESS_FILTER_1S)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (candidate.supportsService(MiBandService.UUID_SERVICE_MIBAND_SERVICE)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        // and a heuristic
+        try {
+            if (isHealthWearable(candidate.getDevice())) {
+                return candidate.getName().toUpperCase().startsWith(MiBandConst.MI_GENERAL_NAME_PREFIX.toUpperCase());
+            }
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            LOG.error("unable to check device support", ex);
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/impl/GBDeviceCandidate.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/impl/GBDeviceCandidate.java
index d0755636..286e5897 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/impl/GBDeviceCandidate.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/impl/GBDeviceCandidate.java
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ package nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.impl;
 
 import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;
 import android.os.Parcel;
+import android.os.ParcelUuid;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
 import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.GBApplication;
 import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.R;
 import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.model.DeviceType;
@@ -14,6 +20,8 @@ import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.model.DeviceType;
  * support this candidate, will the candidate be promoted to a GBDevice.
  */
 public class GBDeviceCandidate implements Parcelable {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GBDeviceCandidate.class);
+
     private final BluetoothDevice device;
     private final short rssi;
     private DeviceType deviceType = DeviceType.UNKNOWN;
@@ -40,6 +48,10 @@ public class GBDeviceCandidate implements Parcelable {
         dest.writeString(deviceType.name());
     }
 
+    public BluetoothDevice getDevice() {
+        return device;
+    }
+
     public DeviceType getDeviceType() {
         return deviceType;
     }
@@ -48,6 +60,21 @@ public class GBDeviceCandidate implements Parcelable {
         return device != null ? device.getAddress() : GBApplication.getContext().getString(R.string._unknown_);
     }
 
+    public boolean supportsService(UUID aService) {
+        ParcelUuid[] uuids = device.getUuids();
+        if (uuids == null) {
+            LOG.warn("no cached services available for " + this);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        for (ParcelUuid uuid : uuids) {
+            if (uuid != null && aService.equals(uuid.getUuid())) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public String getName() {
         String name = null;
         if (device != null) {
@@ -85,4 +112,9 @@ public class GBDeviceCandidate implements Parcelable {
     public int hashCode() {
         return device.getAddress().hashCode() ^ 37;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getName() + ": " + getMacAddress();
+    }
 }