diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index c361ef4..255c710 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1637,9 +1637,12 @@
 #   d) We include the recovery DTBO image within recovery - not needing the resource file as we
 #      do bsdiff because boot and recovery will contain different number of entries
 #      (BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO = true).
+#   e) We include the recovery ACPIO image within recovery - not needing the resource file as we
+#      do bsdiff because boot and recovery will contain different number of entries
+#      (BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_ACPIO = true).
 
 ifeq (,$(filter true, $(BOARD_USES_FULL_RECOVERY_IMAGE) $(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT) \
-  $(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE) $(BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO)))
+  $(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE) $(BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO) $(BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_ACPIO)))
 # Named '.dat' so we don't attempt to use imgdiff for patching it.
 RECOVERY_RESOURCE_ZIP := $(TARGET_OUT)/etc/recovery-resource.dat
 else
@@ -1713,6 +1716,9 @@
 ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO
   INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_ARGS += --recovery_dtbo $(BOARD_PREBUILT_DTBOIMAGE)
 endif
+ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_ACPIO
+  INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_ARGS += --recovery_acpio $(BOARD_RECOVERY_ACPIO)
+endif
 
 # Keys authorized to sign OTA packages this build will accept.  The
 # build always uses dev-keys for this; release packaging tools will
@@ -1799,6 +1805,9 @@
 ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO
 $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET): $(BOARD_PREBUILT_DTBOIMAGE)
 endif
+ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_ACPIO
+$(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET): $(BOARD_RECOVERY_ACPIO)
+endif
 
 $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) \
 	    $(INTERNAL_ROOT_FILES) \
@@ -1819,6 +1828,9 @@
 ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO
 $(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(BOARD_PREBUILT_DTBOIMAGE)
 endif
+ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_ACPIO
+$(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(BOARD_RECOVERY_ACPIO)
+endif
 
 $(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) \
 	    $(INTERNAL_ROOT_FILES) \
@@ -2029,7 +2041,7 @@
 ifneq ($(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET),)
 ifneq ($(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET),)
 ifneq ($(BOARD_USES_FULL_RECOVERY_IMAGE),true)
-ifneq (,$(filter true, $(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE) $(BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO)))
+ifneq (,$(filter true, $(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE) $(BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO) $(BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_ACPIO)))
 diff_tool := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/bsdiff
 else
 diff_tool := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/imgdiff
@@ -3385,6 +3397,7 @@
 	    $(INSTALLED_KERNEL_TARGET) \
 	    $(INSTALLED_2NDBOOTLOADER_TARGET) \
 	    $(BOARD_PREBUILT_DTBOIMAGE) \
+	    $(BOARD_RECOVERY_ACPIO) \
 	    $(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SYSTEM_BASE_FS_PATH) \
 	    $(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_VENDOR_BASE_FS_PATH) \
 	    $(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_PRODUCT_BASE_FS_PATH) \
@@ -3425,6 +3438,9 @@
 ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO
 	$(hide) cp $(BOARD_PREBUILT_DTBOIMAGE) $(zip_root)/$(PRIVATE_RECOVERY_OUT)/recovery_dtbo
 endif
+ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_ACPIO
+	$(hide) cp $(BOARD_RECOVERY_ACPIO) $(zip_root)/$(PRIVATE_RECOVERY_OUT)/recovery_acpio
+endif
 ifdef INTERNAL_KERNEL_CMDLINE
 	$(hide) echo "$(INTERNAL_KERNEL_CMDLINE)" > $(zip_root)/$(PRIVATE_RECOVERY_OUT)/cmdline
 endif
@@ -3528,6 +3544,9 @@
 ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_DTBO
 	$(hide) echo "include_recovery_dtbo=true" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
 endif
+ifdef BOARD_INCLUDE_RECOVERY_ACPIO
+	$(hide) echo "include_recovery_acpio=true" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
+endif
 ifdef BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE
 	$(hide) echo "recovery_size=$(BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE)" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
 endif
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/common.py b/tools/releasetools/common.py
index 4c452ad..dcc083c 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/common.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/common.py
@@ -623,10 +623,13 @@
   # "boot" or "recovery", without extension.
   partition_name = os.path.basename(sourcedir).lower()
 
-  if (partition_name == "recovery" and
-      info_dict.get("include_recovery_dtbo") == "true"):
-    fn = os.path.join(sourcedir, "recovery_dtbo")
-    cmd.extend(["--recovery_dtbo", fn])
+  if partition_name == "recovery":
+    if info_dict.get("include_recovery_dtbo") == "true":
+      fn = os.path.join(sourcedir, "recovery_dtbo")
+      cmd.extend(["--recovery_dtbo", fn])
+    if info_dict.get("include_recovery_acpio") == "true":
+      fn = os.path.join(sourcedir, "recovery_acpio")
+      cmd.extend(["--recovery_acpio", fn])
 
   RunAndCheckOutput(cmd)