diff --git a/install.cpp b/install.cpp
index 7fbf5c0..1220c6a 100644
--- a/install.cpp
+++ b/install.cpp
@@ -148,13 +148,23 @@
     return INSTALL_ERROR;
   }
 
-  // We allow the package to not have any serialno, but if it has a non-empty
-  // value it should match.
+  // We allow the package to not have any serialno; and we also allow it to carry multiple serial
+  // numbers split by "|"; e.g. serialno=serialno1|serialno2|serialno3 ... We will fail the
+  // verification if the device's serialno doesn't match any of these carried numbers.
   value = android::base::GetProperty("ro.serialno", "");
   const std::string& pkg_serial_no = metadata["serialno"];
-  if (!pkg_serial_no.empty() && pkg_serial_no != value) {
-    LOG(ERROR) << "Package is for serial " << pkg_serial_no;
-    return INSTALL_ERROR;
+  if (!pkg_serial_no.empty()) {
+    bool match = false;
+    for (const std::string& number : android::base::Split(pkg_serial_no, "|")) {
+      if (value == android::base::Trim(number)) {
+        match = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!match) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "Package is for serial " << pkg_serial_no;
+      return INSTALL_ERROR;
+    }
   }
 
   if (metadata["ota-type"] != "AB") {
diff --git a/tests/component/install_test.cpp b/tests/component/install_test.cpp
index 968196f..7bb4960 100644
--- a/tests/component/install_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/component/install_test.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -198,8 +199,8 @@
   CloseArchive(zip);
 }
 
-TEST(InstallTest, update_binary_command_smoke) {
 #ifdef AB_OTA_UPDATER
+static void VerifyAbUpdateBinaryCommand(const std::string& serialno, bool success = true) {
   TemporaryFile temp_file;
   FILE* zip_file = fdopen(temp_file.fd, "w");
   ZipWriter writer(zip_file);
@@ -215,11 +216,13 @@
   ASSERT_NE("", device);
   std::string timestamp = android::base::GetProperty("ro.build.date.utc", "");
   ASSERT_NE("", timestamp);
-  std::string metadata = android::base::Join(
-      std::vector<std::string>{
-          "ota-type=AB", "pre-device=" + device, "post-timestamp=" + timestamp,
-      },
-      "\n");
+
+  std::vector<std::string> meta{ "ota-type=AB", "pre-device=" + device,
+                                 "post-timestamp=" + timestamp };
+  if (!serialno.empty()) {
+    meta.push_back("serialno=" + serialno);
+  }
+  std::string metadata = android::base::Join(meta, "\n");
   ASSERT_EQ(0, writer.WriteBytes(metadata.data(), metadata.size()));
   ASSERT_EQ(0, writer.FinishEntry());
   ASSERT_EQ(0, writer.Finish());
@@ -234,14 +237,25 @@
   std::string package = "/path/to/update.zip";
   std::string binary_path = "/sbin/update_engine_sideload";
   std::vector<std::string> cmd;
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, update_binary_command(package, zip, binary_path, 0, status_fd, &cmd));
-  ASSERT_EQ(5U, cmd.size());
-  ASSERT_EQ(binary_path, cmd[0]);
-  ASSERT_EQ("--payload=file://" + package, cmd[1]);
-  ASSERT_EQ("--offset=" + std::to_string(payload_entry.offset), cmd[2]);
-  ASSERT_EQ("--headers=" + properties, cmd[3]);
-  ASSERT_EQ("--status_fd=" + std::to_string(status_fd), cmd[4]);
+  if (success) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, update_binary_command(package, zip, binary_path, 0, status_fd, &cmd));
+    ASSERT_EQ(5U, cmd.size());
+    ASSERT_EQ(binary_path, cmd[0]);
+    ASSERT_EQ("--payload=file://" + package, cmd[1]);
+    ASSERT_EQ("--offset=" + std::to_string(payload_entry.offset), cmd[2]);
+    ASSERT_EQ("--headers=" + properties, cmd[3]);
+    ASSERT_EQ("--status_fd=" + std::to_string(status_fd), cmd[4]);
+  } else {
+    ASSERT_EQ(INSTALL_ERROR, update_binary_command(package, zip, binary_path, 0, status_fd, &cmd));
+  }
   CloseArchive(zip);
+}
+#endif  // AB_OTA_UPDATER
+
+TEST(InstallTest, update_binary_command_smoke) {
+#ifdef AB_OTA_UPDATER
+  // Empty serialno will pass the verification.
+  VerifyAbUpdateBinaryCommand({});
 #else
   TemporaryFile temp_file;
   FILE* zip_file = fdopen(temp_file.fd, "w");
@@ -340,3 +354,34 @@
   CloseArchive(zip);
 #endif  // AB_OTA_UPDATER
 }
+
+#ifdef AB_OTA_UPDATER
+TEST(InstallTest, update_binary_command_multiple_serialno) {
+  std::string serialno = android::base::GetProperty("ro.serialno", "");
+  ASSERT_NE("", serialno);
+
+  // Single matching serialno will pass the verification.
+  VerifyAbUpdateBinaryCommand(serialno);
+
+  static constexpr char alphabet[] =
+      "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+  auto generator = []() { return alphabet[rand() % (sizeof(alphabet) - 1)]; };
+
+  // Generate 900 random serial numbers.
+  std::string random_serial;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 900; i++) {
+    generate_n(back_inserter(random_serial), serialno.size(), generator);
+    random_serial.append("|");
+  }
+  // Random serialnos should fail the verification.
+  VerifyAbUpdateBinaryCommand(random_serial, false);
+
+  std::string long_serial = random_serial + serialno + "|";
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 99; i++) {
+    generate_n(back_inserter(long_serial), serialno.size(), generator);
+    long_serial.append("|");
+  }
+  // String with the matching serialno should pass the verification.
+  VerifyAbUpdateBinaryCommand(long_serial);
+}
+#endif  // AB_OTA_UPDATER