diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 1ae8ff7..8b7c4b8 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -58,12 +58,16 @@
     ],
 
     shared_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.boot@1.0",
+        "android.hardware.boot@1.1",
         "libbase",
         "libbootloader_message",
         "libcrypto",
         "libcutils",
         "libfs_mgr",
+        "liblp",
         "liblog",
+        "libprotobuf-cpp-lite",
         "libziparchive",
     ],
 
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@
         "libminui",
         "librecovery_utils",
         "libotautil",
+        "libsnapshot_nobinder",
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/install/Android.bp b/install/Android.bp
index d4606e9..be08506 100644
--- a/install/Android.bp
+++ b/install/Android.bp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     static_libs: [
         "librecovery_utils",
         "libotautil",
+        "libsnapshot_nobinder",
 
         // external dependencies
         "libvintf_recovery",
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
         "fuse_install.cpp",
         "install.cpp",
         "package.cpp",
+        "snapshot_utils.cpp",
         "verifier.cpp",
         "wipe_data.cpp",
         "wipe_device.cpp",
diff --git a/install/include/install/snapshot_utils.h b/install/include/install/snapshot_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00c3ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/include/install/snapshot_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "recovery_ui/device.h"
+
+bool FinishPendingSnapshotMerges(Device* device);
diff --git a/install/snapshot_utils.cpp b/install/snapshot_utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69da5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/snapshot_utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
+#include <libsnapshot/snapshot.h>
+
+#include "recovery_ui/device.h"
+#include "recovery_ui/ui.h"
+#include "recovery_utils/roots.h"
+
+using android::snapshot::SnapshotManager;
+
+bool FinishPendingSnapshotMerges(Device* device) {
+  if (!android::base::GetBoolProperty("ro.virtual_ab.enabled", false)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  RecoveryUI* ui = device->GetUI();
+  auto sm = SnapshotManager::NewForFirstStageMount();
+  if (!sm) {
+    ui->Print("Could not create SnapshotManager.\n");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  auto callback = [&]() -> void {
+    double progress;
+    sm->GetUpdateState(&progress);
+    ui->Print("Waiting for merge to complete: %.2f\n", progress);
+  };
+  if (!sm->HandleImminentDataWipe(callback)) {
+    ui->Print("Unable to check merge status and/or complete update merge.\n");
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/install/wipe_data.cpp b/install/wipe_data.cpp
index 82660be..2872085 100644
--- a/install/wipe_data.cpp
+++ b/install/wipe_data.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 
+#include "install/snapshot_utils.h"
 #include "otautil/dirutil.h"
 #include "recovery_ui/ui.h"
 #include "recovery_utils/logging.h"
@@ -104,6 +105,12 @@
 bool WipeData(Device* device, bool convert_fbe) {
   RecoveryUI* ui = device->GetUI();
   ui->Print("\n-- Wiping data...\n");
+
+  if (!FinishPendingSnapshotMerges(device)) {
+    ui->Print("Unable to check update status or complete merge, cannot wipe partitions.\n");
+    return false;
+  }
+
   bool success = device->PreWipeData();
   if (success) {
     success &= EraseVolume(DATA_ROOT, ui, convert_fbe);