diff --git a/tools/releasetools/build_image.py b/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
index 6487b9b..c03fac1 100755
--- a/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
@@ -350,8 +350,17 @@
       build_command.append("--prjquota")
     if (needs_casefold):
       build_command.append("--casefold")
-    if (needs_compress):
+    if (needs_compress or prop_dict.get("system_fs_compress") == "true"):
       build_command.append("--compression")
+    if (prop_dict.get("system_fs_compress") == "true"):
+      build_command.append("--sldc")
+      if (prop_dict.get("system_f2fs_sldc_flags") == None):
+        build_command.append(str(0))
+      else:
+        sldc_flags_str = prop_dict.get("system_f2fs_sldc_flags")
+        sldc_flags = sldc_flags_str.split()
+        build_command.append(str(len(sldc_flags)))
+        build_command.extend(sldc_flags)
   else:
     raise BuildImageError(
         "Error: unknown filesystem type: {}".format(fs_type))
@@ -546,6 +555,8 @@
       "extfs_sparse_flag",
       "erofs_sparse_flag",
       "squashfs_sparse_flag",
+      "system_fs_compress",
+      "system_f2fs_sldc_flags",
       "f2fs_sparse_flag",
       "skip_fsck",
       "ext_mkuserimg",