diff --git a/buildozer/__init__.py b/buildozer/__init__.py
index bffd8b6..f08ec88 100644
--- a/buildozer/__init__.py
+++ b/buildozer/__init__.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Buildozer(object):
         m = __import__('buildozer.targets.%s' % target, fromlist=['buildozer'])
         self.target = m.get_target(self)
         self.check_build_layout()
+        self.target.check_configuration_tokens()
 
     def prepare_for_build(self):
         '''Prepare the build.
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ class Buildozer(object):
                 ', required by "version.regex"')
 
         if errors:
-            self.error('{0} errors found in the buildozer.spec'.format(
+            self.error('{0} error(s) found in the buildozer.spec'.format(
                 len(errors)))
             for error in errors:
                 print error
diff --git a/buildozer/target.py b/buildozer/target.py
index 08e0a1f..6f68fbb 100644
--- a/buildozer/target.py
+++ b/buildozer/target.py
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ class Target(object):
     def check_requirements(self):
         pass
 
+    def check_configuration_tokens(self, errors=None):
+        if errors:
+            self.buildozer.info('Check target configuration tokens')
+            self.buildozer.error(
+                '{0} error(s) found in the buildozer.spec'.format(
+                len(errors)))
+            for error in errors:
+                print error
+            exit(1)
+
     def compile_platform(self):
         pass
 
@@ -26,7 +36,7 @@ class Target(object):
 
     def run_commands(self, args):
         if not args:
-            print 'ERROR: missing target command'
+            self.buildozer.error('Missing target command')
             self.buildozer.usage()
             exit(1)
 
@@ -40,7 +50,7 @@ class Target(object):
                 last_command.append(arg)
             else:
                 if not last_command:
-                    print 'ERROR: argument passed without a command'
+                    self.buildozer.error('Argument passed without a command')
                     self.buildozer.usage()
                     exit(1)
                 last_command.append(arg)
@@ -50,7 +60,7 @@ class Target(object):
         for item in result:
             command, args = item[0], item[1:]
             if not hasattr(self, 'cmd_{0}'.format(command)):
-                print 'Unknown command {0}'.format(command)
+                self.buildozer.error('Unknow command {0}'.format(command))
                 exit(1)
             getattr(self, 'cmd_{0}'.format(command))(args)
 
diff --git a/buildozer/targets/android.py b/buildozer/targets/android.py
index c0ce3ac..8611caf 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/android.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/android.py
@@ -108,6 +108,51 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
         checkbin('Java compiler', self.javac_cmd)
         checkbin('Java keytool', self.keytool_cmd)
 
+    def check_configuration_tokens(self):
+        errors = []
+
+        # check the permission
+        available_permissions = self._get_available_permissions()
+        if available_permissions:
+            permissions = self.buildozer.config.getlist(
+                'app', 'android.permissions', [])
+            for permission in permissions:
+                if permission not in available_permissions:
+                    errors.append(
+                        '[app] "android.permission" contain an unknown'
+                        ' permission {0}'.format(permission))
+
+        super(TargetAndroid, self).check_configuration_tokens(errors)
+
+    def _get_available_permissions(self):
+        key = 'android:available_permissions'
+        key_sdk = 'android:available_permissions_sdk'
+
+        refresh_permissions = False
+        sdk = self.buildozer.state.get(key_sdk, None)
+        if not sdk or sdk != self.android_sdk_version:
+            refresh_permissions = True
+        if key not in self.buildozer.state:
+            refresh_permissions = True
+        if not refresh_permissions:
+            return self.buildozer.state[key]
+
+        try:
+            self.buildozer.debug('Read available permissions from api-versions.xml')
+            import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+            fn = join(self.android_sdk_dir, 'platform-tools',
+                    'api', 'api-versions.xml')
+            with open(fn) as fd:
+                doc = ET.fromstring(fd.read())
+            fields = doc.findall('.//class[@name="android/Manifest$permission"]/field[@name]')
+            available_permissions = [x.attrib['name'] for x in fields]
+
+            self.buildozer.state[key] = available_permissions
+            self.buildozer.state[key_sdk] = self.android_sdk_version
+            return available_permissions
+        except:
+            return None
+
     def _set_win32_java_home(self):
         if 'JAVA_HOME' in self.buildozer.environ:
             return
@@ -237,6 +282,10 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
         self._install_android_ndk()
         self._install_android_packages()
 
+        # ultimate configuration check.
+        # some of our configuration cannot be check without platform.
+        self.check_configuration_tokens()
+
         self.buildozer.environ.update({
             'ANDROIDSDK': self.android_sdk_dir,
             'ANDROIDNDK': self.android_ndk_dir,