diff --git a/fs_mgr/liblp/Android.bp b/fs_mgr/liblp/Android.bp
index 355b7a1f1..70399942e 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/liblp/Android.bp
+++ b/fs_mgr/liblp/Android.bp
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ cc_library {
         windows: {
             enabled: true,
         },
+        android: {
+            shared_libs: [
+                "libcutils",
+            ],
+        },
     },
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
 }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/liblp/images.cpp b/fs_mgr/liblp/images.cpp
index 5a498f975..56b535353 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/liblp/images.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/liblp/images.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<LpMetadata> ReadFromImageBlob(const void* data, size_t bytes) {
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<LpMetadata> ReadFromImageFile(const std::string& image_file) {
-    unique_fd fd(open(image_file.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
+    unique_fd fd = GetControlFileOrOpen(image_file.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
     if (fd < 0) {
         PERROR << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " open failed: " << image_file;
         return nullptr;
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ bool SparseBuilder::CheckExtentOrdering() {
 }
 
 int SparseBuilder::OpenImageFile(const std::string& file) {
-    android::base::unique_fd source_fd(open(file.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
+    android::base::unique_fd source_fd = GetControlFileOrOpen(file.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
     if (source_fd < 0) {
         PERROR << "open image file failed: " << file;
         return -1;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/liblp/partition_opener.cpp b/fs_mgr/liblp/partition_opener.cpp
index 898f24127..bb8ec9cb8 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/liblp/partition_opener.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/liblp/partition_opener.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ std::string GetPartitionAbsolutePath(const std::string& path) {
 
 bool GetBlockDeviceInfo(const std::string& block_device, BlockDeviceInfo* device_info) {
 #if defined(__linux__)
-    unique_fd fd(open(block_device.c_str(), O_RDONLY));
+    unique_fd fd = GetControlFileOrOpen(block_device.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
     if (fd < 0) {
         PERROR << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << "open '" << block_device << "' failed";
         return false;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ bool GetBlockDeviceInfo(const std::string& block_device, BlockDeviceInfo* device
 
 unique_fd PartitionOpener::Open(const std::string& partition_name, int flags) const {
     std::string path = GetPartitionAbsolutePath(partition_name);
-    return unique_fd{open(path.c_str(), flags | O_CLOEXEC)};
+    return GetControlFileOrOpen(path.c_str(), flags | O_CLOEXEC);
 }
 
 bool PartitionOpener::GetInfo(const std::string& partition_name, BlockDeviceInfo* info) const {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/liblp/utility.cpp b/fs_mgr/liblp/utility.cpp
index ecf94a4c7..72a3c57ca 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/liblp/utility.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/liblp/utility.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 #include <ext4_utils/ext4_utils.h>
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#include <cutils/android_get_control_file.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "utility.h"
 
 namespace android {
@@ -171,5 +175,19 @@ bool SetBlockReadonly(int fd, bool readonly) {
 #endif
 }
 
+base::unique_fd GetControlFileOrOpen(const char* path, int flags) {
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+    int fd = android_get_control_file(path);
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        int newfd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(dup(fd));
+        if (newfd >= 0) {
+            return base::unique_fd(newfd);
+        }
+        PERROR << "Cannot dup fd for already controlled file: " << path << ", reopening...";
+    }
+#endif
+    return base::unique_fd(open(path, flags));
+}
+
 }  // namespace fs_mgr
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/fs_mgr/liblp/utility.h b/fs_mgr/liblp/utility.h
index e8b2ca970..96f17174a 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/liblp/utility.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/liblp/utility.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 
 #include "liblp/liblp.h"
 
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ bool UpdatePartitionGroupName(LpMetadataPartitionGroup* group, const std::string
 // Call BLKROSET ioctl on fd so that fd is readonly / read-writable.
 bool SetBlockReadonly(int fd, bool readonly);
 
+::android::base::unique_fd GetControlFileOrOpen(const char* path, int flags);
+
 }  // namespace fs_mgr
 }  // namespace android