diff --git a/cmds/app_process/app_main.cpp b/cmds/app_process/app_main.cpp
index e0290c3..3e8d6a0 100644
--- a/cmds/app_process/app_main.cpp
+++ b/cmds/app_process/app_main.cpp
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 #include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
 #include <binder/ProcessState.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
-#include <cutils/process_name.h>
 #include <cutils/memory.h>
+#include <cutils/process_name.h>
+#include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <cutils/trace.h>
 #include <android_runtime/AndroidRuntime.h>
 
@@ -135,6 +136,12 @@
     return (end - start);
 }
 
+#if defined(__LP64__)
+static const char ABI_LIST_PROPERTY[] = "ro.product.cpu.abilist64";
+#else
+static const char ABI_LIST_PROPERTY[] = "ro.product.cpu.abilist32";
+#endif
+
 int main(int argc, char* const argv[])
 {
     AppRuntime runtime(argv[0], computeArgBlockSize(argc, argv));
@@ -205,6 +212,17 @@
             args.add(String8("start-system-server"));
         }
 
+        char prop[PROP_VALUE_MAX];
+        if (property_get(ABI_LIST_PROPERTY, prop, NULL) == 0) {
+            LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("app_process: Unable to deterimine ABI list from property %s.",
+                ABI_LIST_PROPERTY);
+            return 11;
+        }
+
+        String8 abiFlag("--abi-list=");
+        abiFlag.append(prop);
+        args.add(abiFlag);
+
         // In zygote mode, pass all remaining arguments to the zygote
         // main() method.
         for (; i < argc; ++i) {
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
index aad534c..58a8e62 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 import android.os.SELinux;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
 import android.util.Log;
-
 import dalvik.system.PathClassLoader;
-
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
@@ -34,8 +32,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-
 import libcore.io.ErrnoException;
 import libcore.io.IoUtils;
 import libcore.io.Libcore;
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@
     private static final int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 1000;
 
     /** max number of arguments that a connection can specify */
-    private static final int MAX_ZYGOTE_ARGC=1024;
+    private static final int MAX_ZYGOTE_ARGC = 1024;
 
     /**
      * The command socket.
@@ -73,15 +71,18 @@
     private final BufferedReader mSocketReader;
     private final Credentials peer;
     private final String peerSecurityContext;
+    private final String abiList;
 
     /**
      * Constructs instance from connected socket.
      *
      * @param socket non-null; connected socket
+     * @param abiList non-null; a list of ABIs this zygote supports.
      * @throws IOException
      */
-    ZygoteConnection(LocalSocket socket) throws IOException {
+    ZygoteConnection(LocalSocket socket, String abiList) throws IOException {
         mSocket = socket;
+        this.abiList = abiList;
 
         mSocketOutStream
                 = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
@@ -111,43 +112,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads start commands from an open command socket.
-     * Start commands are presently a pair of newline-delimited lines
-     * indicating a) class to invoke main() on b) nice name to set argv[0] to.
-     * Continues to read commands and forkAndSpecialize children until
-     * the socket is closed. This method is used in ZYGOTE_FORK_MODE
-     *
-     * @throws ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller trampoline to invoke main()
-     * method in child process
-     */
-    void run() throws ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller {
-
-        int loopCount = ZygoteInit.GC_LOOP_COUNT;
-
-        while (true) {
-            /*
-             * Call gc() before we block in readArgumentList().
-             * It's work that has to be done anyway, and it's better
-             * to avoid making every child do it.  It will also
-             * madvise() any free memory as a side-effect.
-             *
-             * Don't call it every time, because walking the entire
-             * heap is a lot of overhead to free a few hundred bytes.
-             */
-            if (loopCount <= 0) {
-                ZygoteInit.gc();
-                loopCount = ZygoteInit.GC_LOOP_COUNT;
-            } else {
-                loopCount--;
-            }
-
-            if (runOnce()) {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Reads one start command from the command socket. If successful,
      * a child is forked and a {@link ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller}
      * exception is thrown in that child while in the parent process,
@@ -196,6 +160,11 @@
 
         try {
             parsedArgs = new Arguments(args);
+
+            if (parsedArgs.abiListQuery) {
+                return handleAbiListQuery();
+            }
+
             if (parsedArgs.permittedCapabilities != 0 || parsedArgs.effectiveCapabilities != 0) {
                 throw new ZygoteSecurityException("Client may not specify capabilities: " +
                         "permitted=0x" + Long.toHexString(parsedArgs.permittedCapabilities) +
@@ -287,6 +256,18 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private boolean handleAbiListQuery() {
+        try {
+            final byte[] abiListBytes = abiList.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
+            mSocketOutStream.writeInt(abiListBytes.length);
+            mSocketOutStream.write(abiListBytes);
+            return false;
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Error writing to command socket", ioe);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Closes socket associated with this connection.
      */
@@ -388,6 +369,11 @@
         String remainingArgs[];
 
         /**
+         * Whether the current arguments constitute an ABI list query.
+         */
+        boolean abiListQuery;
+
+        /**
          * Constructs instance and parses args
          * @param args zygote command-line args
          * @throws IllegalArgumentException
@@ -540,6 +526,8 @@
                     mountExternal = Zygote.MOUNT_EXTERNAL_MULTIUSER;
                 } else if (arg.equals("--mount-external-multiuser-all")) {
                     mountExternal = Zygote.MOUNT_EXTERNAL_MULTIUSER_ALL;
+                } else if (arg.equals("--query-abi-list")) {
+                    abiListQuery = true;
                 } else {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -975,7 +963,7 @@
             mSocketOutStream.writeInt(pid);
             mSocketOutStream.writeBoolean(usingWrapper);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "Error reading from command socket", ex);
+            Log.e(TAG, "Error writing to command socket", ex);
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
index 66cc120..ef2908d 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
     private static final String PROPERTY_DISABLE_OPENGL_PRELOADING = "ro.zygote.disable_gl_preload";
 
-    private static final String ANDROID_SOCKET_ENV = "ANDROID_SOCKET_zygote";
+    private static final String ANDROID_SOCKET_PREFIX = "ANDROID_SOCKET_";
 
     private static final int LOG_BOOT_PROGRESS_PRELOAD_START = 3020;
     private static final int LOG_BOOT_PROGRESS_PRELOAD_END = 3030;
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@
     /** when preloading, GC after allocating this many bytes */
     private static final int PRELOAD_GC_THRESHOLD = 50000;
 
-    public static final String USAGE_STRING =
-            " <\"start-system-server\"|\"\" for startSystemServer>";
+    private static final String ABI_LIST_ARG = "--abi-list=";
+
+    private static final String SOCKET_NAME_ARG = "--socket-name=";
 
     private static LocalServerSocket sServerSocket;
 
@@ -150,15 +151,15 @@
      *
      * @throws RuntimeException when open fails
      */
-    private static void registerZygoteSocket() {
+    private static void registerZygoteSocket(String socketName) {
         if (sServerSocket == null) {
             int fileDesc;
+            final String fullSocketName = ANDROID_SOCKET_PREFIX + socketName;
             try {
-                String env = System.getenv(ANDROID_SOCKET_ENV);
+                String env = System.getenv(fullSocketName);
                 fileDesc = Integer.parseInt(env);
             } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(
-                        ANDROID_SOCKET_ENV + " unset or invalid", ex);
+                throw new RuntimeException(fullSocketName + " unset or invalid", ex);
             }
 
             try {
@@ -175,9 +176,9 @@
      * Waits for and accepts a single command connection. Throws
      * RuntimeException on failure.
      */
-    private static ZygoteConnection acceptCommandPeer() {
+    private static ZygoteConnection acceptCommandPeer(String abiList) {
         try {
-            return new ZygoteConnection(sServerSocket.accept());
+            return new ZygoteConnection(sServerSocket.accept(), abiList);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             throw new RuntimeException(
                     "IOException during accept()", ex);
@@ -576,7 +577,26 @@
             // Start profiling the zygote initialization.
             SamplingProfilerIntegration.start();
 
-            registerZygoteSocket();
+            boolean startSystemServer = false;
+            String socketName = "zygote";
+            String abiList = null;
+            for (int i = 1; i < argv.length; i++) {
+                if ("start-system-server".equals(argv[i])) {
+                    startSystemServer = true;
+                } else if (argv[i].startsWith(ABI_LIST_ARG)) {
+                    abiList = argv[i].substring(ABI_LIST_ARG.length());
+                } else if (argv[i].startsWith(SOCKET_NAME_ARG)) {
+                    socketName = argv[i].substring(SOCKET_NAME_ARG.length());
+                } else {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Unknown command line argument: " + argv[i]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (abiList == null) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("No ABI list supplied.");
+            }
+
+            registerZygoteSocket(socketName);
             EventLog.writeEvent(LOG_BOOT_PROGRESS_PRELOAD_START,
                 SystemClock.uptimeMillis());
             preload();
@@ -593,20 +613,12 @@
             // Zygote.
             Trace.setTracingEnabled(false);
 
-            // If requested, start system server directly from Zygote
-            if (argv.length != 2) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(argv[0] + USAGE_STRING);
-            }
-
-            if (argv[1].equals("start-system-server")) {
+            if (startSystemServer) {
                 startSystemServer();
-            } else if (!argv[1].equals("")) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(argv[0] + USAGE_STRING);
             }
 
             Log.i(TAG, "Accepting command socket connections");
-
-            runSelectLoop();
+            runSelectLoop(abiList);
 
             closeServerSocket();
         } catch (MethodAndArgsCaller caller) {
@@ -626,7 +638,7 @@
      * @throws MethodAndArgsCaller in a child process when a main() should
      * be executed.
      */
-    private static void runSelectLoop() throws MethodAndArgsCaller {
+    private static void runSelectLoop(String abiList) throws MethodAndArgsCaller {
         ArrayList<FileDescriptor> fds = new ArrayList<FileDescriptor>();
         ArrayList<ZygoteConnection> peers = new ArrayList<ZygoteConnection>();
         FileDescriptor[] fdArray = new FileDescriptor[4];
@@ -665,7 +677,7 @@
             if (index < 0) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Error in select()");
             } else if (index == 0) {
-                ZygoteConnection newPeer = acceptCommandPeer();
+                ZygoteConnection newPeer = acceptCommandPeer(abiList);
                 peers.add(newPeer);
                 fds.add(newPeer.getFileDesciptor());
             } else {