diff --git a/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.cpp b/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.cpp
index eca022cbe848d923d1ed5a1e2ca9a962cad391de..a65ab83b9cb8451f6fd4f86aa0d243fa8ecea7dd 100644
--- a/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.cpp
+++ b/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ QGCCacheWorker::setDatabaseFile(const QString& path)
 void
 QGCCacheWorker::quit()
 {
+    if(_hostLookupID) {
+        QHostInfo::abortHostLookup(_hostLookupID);
+    }
     _mutex.lock();
     while(_taskQueue.count()) {
         QGCMapTask* task = _taskQueue.dequeue();
@@ -1055,12 +1058,24 @@ QGCCacheWorker::_createDB(QSqlDatabase* db, bool createDefault)
 void
 QGCCacheWorker::_testInternet()
 {
-    QTcpSocket socket;
-    socket.connectToHost("www.github.com", 80);
-    if (socket.waitForConnected(2500)) {
-        qCDebug(QGCTileCacheLog) << "Yes Internet Access";
-        emit internetStatus(true);
-        return;
+    if(!_hostLookupID) {
+        _hostLookupID = QHostInfo::lookupHost("www.github.com", this, SLOT(_lookupReady(QHostInfo)));
+    }
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void
+QGCCacheWorker::_lookupReady(QHostInfo info)
+{
+    _hostLookupID = 0;
+    if(info.error() == QHostInfo::NoError && info.addresses().size()) {
+        QTcpSocket socket;
+        socket.connectToHost(info.addresses().first(), 80);
+        if (socket.waitForConnected(2000)) {
+            qCDebug(QGCTileCacheLog) << "Yes Internet Access";
+            emit internetStatus(true);
+            return;
+        }
     }
     qWarning() << "No Internet Access";
     emit internetStatus(false);
diff --git a/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.h b/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.h
index d53f5ba977caf8e0228e8b7e58a7a79248d6d34d..a46a91117edc378c2cae604a8ae23b0833d6e759 100644
--- a/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.h
+++ b/src/QtLocationPlugin/QGCTileCacheWorker.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <QWaitCondition>
 #include <QMutexLocker>
 #include <QtSql/QSqlDatabase>
+#include <QHostInfo>
 
 #include "QGCLoggingCategory.h"
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ public:
 protected:
     void    run             ();
 
+private slots:
+    void        _lookupReady            (QHostInfo info);
+
 private:
     void        _saveTile               (QGCMapTask* mtask);
     void        _getTile                (QGCMapTask* mtask);
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ private:
     quint32                 _defaultCount;
     time_t                  _lastUpdate;
     int                     _updateTimeout;
+    int                     _hostLookupID;
 };
 
 #endif // QGC_TILE_CACHE_WORKER_H