diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 52c2907..0a5692c 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     system/vold \
     system/extras/ext4_utils \
     system/core/adb \
+    system/core/libsparse
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bionic external/openssl/include $(LOCAL_PATH)/libmincrypt/includes
 ifeq ($(shell test $(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION) -lt 23; echo $$?),0)
@@ -351,7 +352,8 @@
     fsck.fat \
     fatlabel \
     mkfs.fat \
-    permissive.sh
+    permissive.sh \
+    simg2img_twrp
 
 ifneq ($(TARGET_ARCH), arm64)
     ifneq ($(TARGET_ARCH), x86_64)
@@ -586,6 +588,7 @@
     $(commands_recovery_local_path)/dosfstools/Android.mk \
     $(commands_recovery_local_path)/etc/Android.mk \
     $(commands_recovery_local_path)/toybox/Android.mk \
+    $(commands_recovery_local_path)/simg2img/Android.mk \
     $(commands_recovery_local_path)/libpixelflinger/Android.mk
 
 ifeq ($(TW_INCLUDE_CRYPTO), true)
diff --git a/partition.cpp b/partition.cpp
index d038c38..c511298 100644
--- a/partition.cpp
+++ b/partition.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #include <sys/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #endif
+#include <sparse_format.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -407,12 +408,12 @@
 		} else if (Mount_Point == "/system_image") {
 			Display_Name = "System Image";
 			Backup_Display_Name = Display_Name;
-			Can_Flash_Img = false;
+			Can_Flash_Img = true;
 			Can_Be_Backed_Up = true;
 		} else if (Mount_Point == "/vendor_image") {
 			Display_Name = "Vendor Image";
 			Backup_Display_Name = Display_Name;
-			Can_Flash_Img = false;
+			Can_Flash_Img = true;
 			Can_Be_Backed_Up = true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2375,7 +2376,24 @@
 	string Command;
 
 	gui_msg(Msg("flashing=Flashing {1}...")(Display_Name));
-	Command = "dd bs=8388608 if='" + Filename + "' of=" + Actual_Block_Device;
+
+	uint32_t magic = 0;
+	int fd = open(Filename.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		gui_msg(Msg(msg::kError, "error_opening_strerr=Error opening: '{1}' ({2})")(Filename)(strerror(errno)));
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (read(fd, &magic, sizeof(magic)) != sizeof(magic)) {
+		gui_msg(Msg(msg::kError, "error_opening_strerr=Error opening: '{1}' ({2})")(Filename)(strerror(errno)));
+		close(fd);
+		return false;
+	}
+	close(fd);
+	if (magic == SPARSE_HEADER_MAGIC) {
+		Command = "simg2img '" + Filename + "' " + Actual_Block_Device;
+	} else {
+		Command = "dd bs=8388608 if='" + Filename + "' of=" + Actual_Block_Device;
+	}
 	LOGINFO("Flash command: '%s'\n", Command.c_str());
 	TWFunc::Exec_Cmd(Command);
 	return true;
diff --git a/prebuilt/Android.mk b/prebuilt/Android.mk
index dba1810..a5deb9a 100644
--- a/prebuilt/Android.mk
+++ b/prebuilt/Android.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mke2fs
 RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/tune2fs
 RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/resize2fs
+RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sbin/simg2img
 ifneq ($(TARGET_ARCH), x86_64)
     RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/linker
 endif
diff --git a/simg2img/Android.mk b/simg2img/Android.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74755e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simg2img/Android.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+LOCAL_PATH := system/core/libsparse
+
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := simg2img.c \
+	sparse_crc32.c
+LOCAL_MODULE := simg2img_twrp
+LOCAL_MODULE_STEM := simg2img
+LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sbin
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
+    libsparse \
+    libz
+LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Werror
+include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)