diff --git a/install.c b/install.c
index 0691120..4dcfe75 100644
--- a/install.c
+++ b/install.c
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@
 #include "roots.h"
 #include "verifier.h"
 
-/* List of public keys */
-static const RSAPublicKey keys[] = {
-#include "keys.inc"
-};
-
 #define ASSUMED_UPDATE_SCRIPT_NAME  "META-INF/com/google/android/update-script"
+#define PUBLIC_KEYS_FILE "/res/keys"
 
 static const ZipEntry *
 find_update_script(ZipArchive *zip)
@@ -114,7 +110,8 @@
 }
 
 static int
-handle_update_package(const char *path, ZipArchive *zip)
+handle_update_package(const char *path, ZipArchive *zip,
+                      const RSAPublicKey *keys, int numKeys)
 {
     // Give verification half the progress bar...
     ui_print("Verifying update package...\n");
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@
             VERIFICATION_PROGRESS_FRACTION,
             VERIFICATION_PROGRESS_TIME);
 
-    if (!verify_jar_signature(zip, keys, sizeof(keys) / sizeof(keys[0]))) {
+    if (!verify_jar_signature(zip, keys, numKeys)) {
         LOGE("Verification failed\n");
         return INSTALL_CORRUPT;
     }
@@ -147,6 +144,80 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+// Reads a file containing one or more public keys as produced by
+// DumpPublicKey:  this is an RSAPublicKey struct as it would appear
+// as a C source literal, eg:
+//
+//  "{64,0xc926ad21,{1795090719,...,-695002876},{-857949815,...,1175080310}}"
+//
+// (Note that the braces and commas in this example are actual
+// characters the parser expects to find in the file; the ellipses
+// indicate more numbers omitted from this example.)
+//
+// The file may contain multiple keys in this format, separated by
+// commas.  The last key must not be followed by a comma.
+//
+// Returns NULL if the file failed to parse, or if it contain zero keys.
+static RSAPublicKey*
+load_keys(const char* filename, int* numKeys) {
+    RSAPublicKey* out = NULL;
+    *numKeys = 0;
+
+    FILE* f = fopen(filename, "r");
+    if (f == NULL) {
+        LOGE("opening %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    int i;
+    bool done = false;
+    while (!done) {
+        ++*numKeys;
+        out = realloc(out, *numKeys * sizeof(RSAPublicKey));
+        RSAPublicKey* key = out + (*numKeys - 1);
+        if (fscanf(f, " { %i , %i , { %i",
+                   &(key->len), &(key->n0inv), &(key->n[0])) != 3) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (key->len != RSANUMWORDS) {
+            LOGE("key length (%d) does not match expected size\n", key->len);
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        for (i = 1; i < key->len; ++i) {
+            if (fscanf(f, " , %i", &(key->n[i])) != 1) goto exit;
+        }
+        if (fscanf(f, " } , { %i", &(key->rr[0])) != 1) goto exit;
+        for (i = 1; i < key->len; ++i) {
+            if (fscanf(f, " , %i", &(key->rr[i])) != 1) goto exit;
+        }
+        fscanf(f, " } } ");
+
+        // if the line ends in a comma, this file has more keys.
+        switch (fgetc(f)) {
+            case ',':
+                // more keys to come.
+                break;
+
+            case EOF:
+                done = true;
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                LOGE("unexpected character between keys\n");
+                goto exit;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fclose(f);
+    return out;
+
+exit:
+    if (f) fclose(f);
+    free(out);
+    *numKeys = 0;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 int
 install_package(const char *root_path)
 {
@@ -169,6 +240,14 @@
     ui_print("Opening update package...\n");
     LOGI("Update file path: %s\n", path);
 
+    int numKeys;
+    RSAPublicKey* loadedKeys = load_keys(PUBLIC_KEYS_FILE, &numKeys);
+    if (loadedKeys == NULL) {
+        LOGE("Failed to load keys\n");
+        return INSTALL_CORRUPT;
+    }
+    LOGI("%d key(s) loaded from %s\n", numKeys, PUBLIC_KEYS_FILE);
+
     /* Try to open the package.
      */
     ZipArchive zip;
@@ -180,7 +259,8 @@
 
     /* Verify and install the contents of the package.
      */
-    int status = handle_update_package(path, &zip);
+    int status = handle_update_package(path, &zip, loadedKeys, numKeys);
     mzCloseZipArchive(&zip);
+    free(loadedKeys);
     return status;
 }