diff --git a/lib/geolocation.js b/lib/geolocation.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9d9b32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/geolocation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import log from './logger';
+import { exec } from 'teen_process';
+import { fs } from 'appium-support';
+
+const LYFT_SET_LOCATION = 'set-simulator-location';
+
+/**
+ * Set custom geolocation parameters for the given Simulator using LYFT_SET_LOCATION.
+ *
+ * @param {string} udid - The udid to set the given geolocation
+ * @param {string|number} latitude - The latitude value, which is going to be entered
+ *   into the corresponding edit field, for example '39,0006'.
+ * @param {string|number} longitude - The longitude value, which is going to be entered
+ *   into the corresponding edit field, for example '19,0068'.
+ * @throws {Error} If it failed to set the location
+ */
+async function setLocationWithLyft (udid, latitude, longitude) {
+  try {
+    await fs.which(LYFT_SET_LOCATION);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(`'${LYFT_SET_LOCATION}' binary has not been found in your PATH. ` +
+      'Please install it as "brew install lyft/formulae/set-simulator-location" by brew or ' +
+      'read https://github.com/lyft/set-simulator-location to set the binary by manual to ' +
+      'be able to set geolocation by the library.');
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await exec(LYFT_SET_LOCATION, [
+      '-c', latitude, longitude,
+      '-u', udid
+    ]);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to set geolocation with '${LYFT_SET_LOCATION}'. ` +
+      `Original error: ${e.stderr || e.message}`);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set custom geolocation parameters for the given Simulator using idb.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} idb - The IDB instance
+ * @param {string|number} latitude - The latitude value, which is going to be entered
+ *   into the corresponding edit field, for example '39,0006'.
+ * @param {string|number} longitude - The longitude value, which is going to be entered
+ *   into the corresponding edit field, for example '19,0068'.
+ * @throws {Error} If it failed to set the location
+ */
+async function setLocationWithIdb (idb, latitude, longitude) {
+  if (idb) {
+    try {
+      await idb.setLocation(latitude, longitude);
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to set geolocation with idb. Original error: ${e.stderr || e.message}`);
+    }
+  }
+  throw new Error('Failed to set geolocation with idb because it is not installed');
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Set custom geolocation parameters for the given Simulator using AppleScript
+ *
+ * @param {Object} sim - The SimulatorXcode object
+ * @param {string|number} latitude - The latitude value, which is going to be entered
+ *   into the corresponding edit field, for example '39,0006'.
+ * @param {string|number} longitude - The longitude value, which is going to be entered
+ *   into the corresponding edit field, for example '19,0068'.
+ * @throws {Error} If it failed to set the location
+ */
+async function setLocationWithAppleScript (sim, latitude, longitude) {
+  const output = await sim.executeUIClientScript(`
+    tell application "System Events"
+      tell process "Simulator"
+        set featureName to "Custom Location"
+        set dstMenuItem to menu item (featureName & "…") of menu 1 of menu item "Location" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Debug" of menu bar 1
+        click dstMenuItem
+        delay 1
+        set value of text field 1 of window featureName to ${latitude} as string
+        delay 0.5
+        set value of text field 2 of window featureName to ${longitude} as string
+        delay 0.5
+        click button "OK" of window featureName
+        delay 0.5
+        set isInvisible to (not (exists (window featureName)))
+      end tell
+    end tell
+  `);
+  log.debug(`Geolocation parameters dialog accepted: ${output}`);
+  if (_.trim(output) !== 'true') {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to set geolocation with AppleScript. Original error: ${output}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export {
+  setLocationWithLyft, setLocationWithIdb, setLocationWithAppleScript
+};
diff --git a/lib/simulator-xcode-8.js b/lib/simulator-xcode-8.js
index 3b2d095c..0c661ebb 100644
--- a/lib/simulator-xcode-8.js
+++ b/lib/simulator-xcode-8.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import { waitForCondition } from 'asyncbox';
 import { exec } from 'teen_process';
 import { getAppContainer, openUrl as simctlOpenUrl, terminate,
          appInfo, spawn, startBootMonitor } from 'node-simctl';
+import {
+  setLocationWithLyft,
+  setLocationWithIdb,
+  setLocationWithAppleScript } from './geolocation';
 
 // these sims are sloooooooow
 const STARTUP_TIMEOUT = 120 * 1000;
@@ -282,30 +286,23 @@ class SimulatorXcode8 extends SimulatorXcode7 {
    * @throws {Error} If there was an error while setting the location
    */
   async setGeolocation (latitude, longitude) {
-    if (this.idb) {
-      await this.idb.setLocation(latitude, longitude);
-      return true;
+    const locationSetters = [
+      async () => await setLocationWithLyft(this.udid, latitude, longitude),
+      async () => await setLocationWithIdb(this.idb, latitude, longitude),
+      async () => await setLocationWithAppleScript(this, latitude, longitude)
+    ];
+
+    let lastError;
+    for (const setter of locationSetters) {
+      try {
+        await setter();
+        return true;
+      } catch (e) {
+        log.info(e.message);
+        lastError = e;
+      }
     }
-    log.warn(`Cannot set geolocation with idb, because it is not installed. Defaulting to AppleScript`);
-    const output = await this.executeUIClientScript(`
-      tell application "System Events"
-        tell process "Simulator"
-          set featureName to "Custom Location"
-          set dstMenuItem to menu item (featureName & "…") of menu 1 of menu item "Location" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Debug" of menu bar 1
-          click dstMenuItem
-          delay 1
-          set value of text field 1 of window featureName to ${latitude} as string
-          delay 0.5
-          set value of text field 2 of window featureName to ${longitude} as string
-          delay 0.5
-          click button "OK" of window featureName
-          delay 0.5
-          set isInvisible to (not (exists (window featureName)))
-        end tell
-      end tell
-    `);
-    log.debug(`Geolocation parameters dialog accepted: ${output}`);
-    return _.isString(output) && output.trim() === 'true';
+    throw lastError;
   }
 }