diff --git a/adb/remount_service.c b/adb/remount_service.c
index 26bc841c9..4cb41e7d1 100644
--- a/adb/remount_service.c
+++ b/adb/remount_service.c
@@ -30,19 +30,19 @@
 
 static int system_ro = 1;
 
-/* Returns the mount number of the requested partition from /proc/mtd */
-static int find_mount(const char *findme)
+/* Returns the device used to mount a directory in /proc/mounts */
+static char *find_mount(const char *dir)
 {
     int fd;
     int res;
     int size;
     char *token = NULL;
     const char delims[] = "\n";
-    char buf[1024];
+    char buf[4096];
 
-    fd = unix_open("/proc/mtd", O_RDONLY);
+    fd = unix_open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY);
     if (fd < 0)
-        return -errno;
+        return NULL;
 
     buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
     size = adb_read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
@@ -51,33 +51,41 @@ static int find_mount(const char *findme)
     token = strtok(buf, delims);
 
     while (token) {
-        char mtdname[16];
-        int mtdnum, mtdsize, mtderasesize;
+        char mount_dev[256];
+        char mount_dir[256];
+        int mount_freq;
+        int mount_passno;
 
-        res = sscanf(token, "mtd%d: %x %x %15s",
-                     &mtdnum, &mtdsize, &mtderasesize, mtdname);
-
-        if (res == 4 && !strcmp(mtdname, findme))
-            return mtdnum;
+        res = sscanf(token, "%255s %255s %*s %*s %d %d\n",
+                     mount_dev, mount_dir, &mount_freq, &mount_passno);
+        mount_dev[255] = 0;
+        mount_dir[255] = 0;
+        if (res == 4 && (strcmp(dir, mount_dir) == 0))
+            return strdup(mount_dev);
 
         token = strtok(NULL, delims);
     }
-    return -1;
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 /* Init mounts /system as read only, remount to enable writes. */
 static int remount_system()
 {
-    int num;
-    char source[64];
+    char *dev;
+
     if (system_ro == 0) {
         return 0;
     }
-    if ((num = find_mount("\"system\"")) < 0)
+
+    dev = find_mount("/system");
+
+    if (!dev)
         return -1;
 
-    snprintf(source, sizeof source, "/dev/block/mtdblock%d", num);
-    system_ro = mount(source, "/system", "yaffs2", MS_REMOUNT, NULL);
+    system_ro = mount(dev, "/system", "none", MS_REMOUNT, NULL);
+
+    free(dev);
+
     return system_ro;
 }
 
diff --git a/toolbox/mount.c b/toolbox/mount.c
index 472c952e7..82ecc5666 100644
--- a/toolbox/mount.c
+++ b/toolbox/mount.c
@@ -222,9 +222,50 @@ static int print_mounts()
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int get_mounts_dev_dir(const char *arg, char **dev, char **dir)
+{
+	FILE *f;
+	char mount_dev[256];
+	char mount_dir[256];
+	char mount_type[256];
+	char mount_opts[256];
+	int mount_freq;
+	int mount_passno;
+	int match;
+
+	f = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");
+	if (!f) {
+		fprintf(stdout, "could not open /proc/mounts\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	do {
+		match = fscanf(f, "%255s %255s %255s %255s %d %d\n",
+					   mount_dev, mount_dir, mount_type,
+					   mount_opts, &mount_freq, &mount_passno);
+		mount_dev[255] = 0;
+		mount_dir[255] = 0;
+		mount_type[255] = 0;
+		mount_opts[255] = 0;
+		if (match == 6 &&
+			(strcmp(arg, mount_dev) == 0 ||
+			 strcmp(arg, mount_dir) == 0)) {
+			*dev = strdup(mount_dev);
+			*dir = strdup(mount_dir);
+			fclose(f);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} while (match != EOF);
+
+	fclose(f);
+	return -1;
+}
+
 int mount_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char *type = NULL;
+	char *dev = NULL;
+	char *dir = NULL;
 	int c;
 	int loop = 0;
 
@@ -265,12 +306,19 @@ int mount_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (rwflag & MS_TYPE)
 		type = "none";
 
-	if (optind + 2 != argc || type == NULL) {
+	if (optind + 2 == argc) {
+		dev = argv[optind];
+		dir = argv[optind + 1];
+	} else if (optind + 1 == argc && rwflag & MS_REMOUNT) {
+		get_mounts_dev_dir(argv[optind], &dev, &dir);
+	}
+
+	if (dev == NULL || dir == NULL || type == NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] "
 			"device directory\n", progname);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	return do_mount(argv[optind], argv[optind + 1], type, rwflag,
-		        extra.str, loop);
+	return do_mount(dev, dir, type, rwflag, extra.str, loop);
+	/* We leak dev and dir in some cases, but we're about to exit */
 }