diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 0de717a..8e61f45 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -673,6 +673,10 @@
 endif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),squashfs)
+INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS += $(MAKE_SQUASHFS) $(MKSQUASHFSUSERIMG)
+endif
+
 INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_BINARY_PATHS := $(sort $(dir $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS)))
 
 ifeq (true,$(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_VERITY))
@@ -687,6 +691,7 @@
 define generate-userimage-prop-dictionary
 $(if $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_EXT_VARIANT),$(hide) echo "fs_type=$(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_EXT_VARIANT)" >> $(1))
 $(if $(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE),$(hide) echo "system_size=$(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE)" >> $(1))
+$(if $(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),$(hide) echo "system_fs_type=$(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE)" >> $(1))
 $(if $(BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),$(hide) echo "userdata_fs_type=$(BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE)" >> $(1))
 $(if $(BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE),$(hide) echo "userdata_size=$(BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE)" >> $(1))
 $(if $(BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),$(hide) echo "cache_fs_type=$(BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE)" >> $(1))
@@ -891,6 +896,7 @@
     $(PDK_FUSION_SYSIMG_FILES) \
     $(RECOVERY_RESOURCE_ZIP))
 
+
 FULL_SYSTEMIMAGE_DEPS := $(INTERNAL_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILES) $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS)
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # installed file list
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index ecc8044..e8b6504 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -398,6 +398,13 @@
 FS_GET_STATS := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/fs_get_stats$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 MAKE_EXT4FS := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/make_ext4fs$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 MKEXTUSERIMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mkuserimg.sh
+ifeq ($(HOST_OS),linux)
+MAKE_SQUASHFS := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mksquashfs$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
+MKSQUASHFSUSERIMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mksquashfsimage.sh
+else
+MAKE_SQUASHFS :=
+MKSQUASHFSUSERIMG :=
+endif
 MAKE_F2FS := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/make_f2fs$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 MKF2FSUSERIMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mkf2fsuserimg.sh
 SIMG2IMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/simg2img$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
diff --git a/core/product.mk b/core/product.mk
index ff65672..abbdb35 100644
--- a/core/product.mk
+++ b/core/product.mk
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@
 	BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE \
 	BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE \
 	BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE \
+	BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE \
 	BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE \
 	BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE \
 	BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE \
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/build_image.py b/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
index 777a91a..18e80db 100755
--- a/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
@@ -251,6 +251,14 @@
       build_command.append(fc_config)
     elif "selinux_fc" in prop_dict:
       build_command.append(prop_dict["selinux_fc"])
+  elif fs_type.startswith("squash"):
+    build_command = ["mksquashfsimage.sh"]
+    build_command.extend([in_dir, out_file])
+    build_command.extend(["-m", prop_dict["mount_point"]])
+    if fc_config is not None:
+      build_command.extend(["-c", fc_config])
+    elif "selinux_fc" in prop_dict:
+      build_command.extend(["-c", prop_dict["selinux_fc"]])
   elif fs_type.startswith("f2fs"):
     build_command = ["mkf2fsuserimg.sh"]
     build_command.extend([out_file, prop_dict["partition_size"]])
@@ -319,6 +327,8 @@
   d["mount_point"] = mount_point
   if mount_point == "system":
     copy_prop("fs_type", "fs_type")
+    # Copy the generic sysetem fs type first, override with specific one if available.
+    copy_prop("system_fs_type", "fs_type")
     copy_prop("system_size", "partition_size")
     copy_prop("system_verity_block_device", "verity_block_device")
   elif mount_point == "data":