diff --git a/bootloader_message/bootloader_message.cpp b/bootloader_message/bootloader_message.cpp
index b15a9b9..f838930 100644
--- a/bootloader_message/bootloader_message.cpp
+++ b/bootloader_message/bootloader_message.cpp
@@ -250,6 +250,13 @@
   if (misc_blk_device.empty()) {
     return false;
   }
+  static constexpr size_t kMaximumWipePackageSize =
+      SYSTEM_SPACE_OFFSET_IN_MISC - WIPE_PACKAGE_OFFSET_IN_MISC;
+  if (package_data.size() > kMaximumWipePackageSize) {
+    *err = "Wipe package size " + std::to_string(package_data.size()) + " exceeds " +
+           std::to_string(kMaximumWipePackageSize) + " bytes";
+    return false;
+  }
   return write_misc_partition(package_data.data(), package_data.size(), misc_blk_device,
                               WIPE_PACKAGE_OFFSET_IN_MISC, err);
 }
diff --git a/bootloader_message/include/bootloader_message/bootloader_message.h b/bootloader_message/include/bootloader_message/bootloader_message.h
index b787830..e3425fc 100644
--- a/bootloader_message/include/bootloader_message/bootloader_message.h
+++ b/bootloader_message/include/bootloader_message/bootloader_message.h
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@
 // 0   - 2K     For bootloader_message
 // 2K  - 16K    Used by Vendor's bootloader (the 2K - 4K range may be optionally used
 //              as bootloader_message_ab struct)
-// 16K - 64K    Used by uncrypt and recovery to store wipe_package for A/B devices
+// 16K - 32K    Used by uncrypt and recovery to store wipe_package for A/B devices
+// 32K - 64K    System space, used for miscellanious AOSP features. See below.
 // Note that these offsets are admitted by bootloader,recovery and uncrypt, so they
 // are not configurable without changing all of them.
 constexpr size_t BOOTLOADER_MESSAGE_OFFSET_IN_MISC = 0;
 constexpr size_t VENDOR_SPACE_OFFSET_IN_MISC = 2 * 1024;
 constexpr size_t WIPE_PACKAGE_OFFSET_IN_MISC = 16 * 1024;
+constexpr size_t SYSTEM_SPACE_OFFSET_IN_MISC = 32 * 1024;
+constexpr size_t SYSTEM_SPACE_SIZE_IN_MISC = 32 * 1024;
 
 /* Bootloader Message (2-KiB)
  *