diff --git a/tools/releasetools/Android.bp b/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
index 43f52be..ef76c52 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
+++ b/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@
 }
 
 python_library_host {
+    name: "releasetools_check_target_files_vintf",
+    defaults: [
+        "releasetools_library_defaults",
+        "releasetools_check_target_files_vintf_defaults",
+    ],
+}
+
+python_library_host {
     name: "releasetools_common",
     defaults: ["releasetools_library_defaults"],
     srcs: [
@@ -417,13 +425,14 @@
         "releasetools_apex_utils",
         "releasetools_build_image",
         "releasetools_build_super_image",
+        "releasetools_check_target_files_vintf",
         "releasetools_common",
         "releasetools_img_from_target_files",
         "releasetools_ota_from_target_files",
         "releasetools_verity_utils",
     ],
     data: [
-        "testdata/*",
+        "testdata/**/*",
     ],
     required: [
         "otatools",
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/test_check_target_files_vintf.py b/tools/releasetools/test_check_target_files_vintf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1328c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/releasetools/test_check_target_files_vintf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import os.path
+
+import common
+import test_utils
+from check_target_files_vintf import CheckVintf
+
+# A skeleton target files directory structure. This is VINTF compatible.
+SKELETON_TARGET_FILE_STRUCTURE = {
+    # Empty files
+    'PRODUCT/build.prop': '',
+    'PRODUCT/etc/build.prop': '',
+    'VENDOR/etc/build.prop': '',
+    'ODM/build.prop': '',
+    'ODM/etc/build.prop': '',
+    'RECOVERY/RAMDISK/etc/recovery.fstab': '',
+    'SYSTEM/build.prop': '',
+    'SYSTEM/etc/build.prop': '',
+    'SYSTEM_EXT/build.prop': '',
+    'SYSTEM_EXT/etc/build.prop': '',
+
+    # Non-empty files
+    'SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml':"""
+        <compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework">
+            <sepolicy>
+                <sepolicy-version>0.0</sepolicy-version>
+                <kernel-sepolicy-version>0</kernel-sepolicy-version>
+            </sepolicy>
+        </compatibility-matrix>""",
+    'SYSTEM/manifest.xml':
+        '<manifest version="1.0" type="framework" />',
+    'VENDOR/build.prop': 'ro.product.first_api_level=29\n',
+    'VENDOR/compatibility_matrix.xml':
+        '<compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="device" />',
+    'VENDOR/manifest.xml':
+        '<manifest version="1.0" type="device"/>',
+    'META/misc_info.txt':
+        'recovery_api_version=3\nfstab_version=2\nvintf_enforce=true\n',
+}
+
+
+def write_string_to_file(content, path, mode='w'):
+  if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(path)):
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path))
+  with open(path, mode=mode) as f:
+    f.write(content)
+
+
+class CheckTargetFilesVintfTest(test_utils.ReleaseToolsTestCase):
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    self.testdata_dir = test_utils.get_testdata_dir()
+
+  def prepare_test_dir(self, test_delta_rel_path):
+    test_delta_dir = os.path.join(self.testdata_dir, test_delta_rel_path)
+    test_dir = common.MakeTempDir(prefix='check_target_files_vintf')
+
+    # Create a skeleton directory structure of target files
+    for rel_path, content in SKELETON_TARGET_FILE_STRUCTURE.items():
+      write_string_to_file(content, os.path.join(test_dir, rel_path))
+
+    # Overwrite with files from test_delta_rel_path
+    for root, _, files in os.walk(test_delta_dir):
+      rel_root = os.path.relpath(root, test_delta_dir)
+      for f in files:
+        output_file = os.path.join(test_dir, rel_root, f)
+        with open(os.path.join(root, f)) as inp:
+          write_string_to_file(inp.read(), output_file)
+
+    return test_dir
+
+  @test_utils.SkipIfExternalToolsUnavailable()
+  def test_CheckVintf_sanity(self):
+    msg = 'Sanity check with skeleton target files failed.'
+    test_dir = self.prepare_test_dir('does-not-exist')
+    self.assertTrue(CheckVintf(test_dir), msg=msg)
+
+  @test_utils.SkipIfExternalToolsUnavailable()
+  def test_CheckVintf_matrix_incompat(self):
+    msg = 'vintf/matrix_incompat should be incompatible because sepolicy ' \
+          'version fails to match'
+    test_dir = self.prepare_test_dir('vintf/matrix_incompat')
+    self.assertFalse(CheckVintf(test_dir), msg=msg)
+
+  @test_utils.SkipIfExternalToolsUnavailable()
+  def test_CheckVintf_kernel_compat(self):
+    msg = 'vintf/kernel with 4.14.1 kernel version should be compatible'
+    test_dir = self.prepare_test_dir('vintf/kernel')
+    write_string_to_file('', os.path.join(test_dir, 'META/kernel_configs.txt'))
+    write_string_to_file('4.14.1',
+                         os.path.join(test_dir, 'META/kernel_version.txt'))
+    self.assertTrue(CheckVintf(test_dir), msg=msg)
+
+  @test_utils.SkipIfExternalToolsUnavailable()
+  def test_CheckVintf_kernel_incompat(self):
+    msg = 'vintf/kernel with 4.14.0 kernel version should be incompatible ' \
+          'because 4.14.1 kernel version is required'
+    test_dir = self.prepare_test_dir('vintf/kernel')
+    write_string_to_file('', os.path.join(test_dir, 'META/kernel_configs.txt'))
+    write_string_to_file('4.14.0',
+                         os.path.join(test_dir, 'META/kernel_version.txt'))
+    self.assertFalse(CheckVintf(test_dir), msg=msg)
+
+  @test_utils.SkipIfExternalToolsUnavailable()
+  def test_CheckVintf_sku_compat(self):
+    msg = 'vintf/sku_compat should be compatible because ' \
+          'ODM/etc/vintf/manifest_sku.xml has the required HALs'
+    test_dir = self.prepare_test_dir('vintf/sku_compat')
+    write_string_to_file('vintf_odm_manifest_skus=sku',
+                         os.path.join(test_dir, 'META/misc_info.txt'), mode='a')
+    self.assertTrue(CheckVintf(test_dir), msg=msg)
+
+  @test_utils.SkipIfExternalToolsUnavailable()
+  def test_CheckVintf_sku_incompat(self):
+    msg = 'vintf/sku_compat should be compatible because ' \
+          'ODM/etc/vintf/manifest_sku.xml does not have the required HALs'
+    test_dir = self.prepare_test_dir('vintf/sku_incompat')
+    write_string_to_file('vintf_odm_manifest_skus=sku',
+                         os.path.join(test_dir, 'META/misc_info.txt'), mode='a')
+    self.assertFalse(CheckVintf(test_dir), msg=msg)
+
+  @test_utils.SkipIfExternalToolsUnavailable()
+  def test_CheckVintf_bad_xml(self):
+    test_dir = self.prepare_test_dir('does-not-exist')
+    write_string_to_file('not an XML',
+                         os.path.join(test_dir, 'VENDOR/manifest.xml'))
+    # Should raise an error because a file has invalid format.
+    self.assertRaises(common.ExternalError, CheckVintf, test_dir)
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/kernel/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/kernel/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed46b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/kernel/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework">
+    <kernel version="4.14.1" />
+    <sepolicy>
+        <sepolicy-version>0.0</sepolicy-version>
+        <kernel-sepolicy-version>0</kernel-sepolicy-version>
+    </sepolicy>
+</compatibility-matrix>
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/matrix_incompat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/matrix_incompat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d891fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/matrix_incompat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework">
+    <sepolicy>
+        <sepolicy-version>1.0</sepolicy-version>
+        <kernel-sepolicy-version>0</kernel-sepolicy-version>
+    </sepolicy>
+</compatibility-matrix>
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_compat/ODM/etc/vintf/manifest_sku.xml b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_compat/ODM/etc/vintf/manifest_sku.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcd7ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_compat/ODM/etc/vintf/manifest_sku.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<manifest version="1.0" type="device">
+    <hal format="hidl">
+        <name>foo</name>
+        <transport>hwbinder</transport>
+        <fqname>@1.0::IFoo/default</fqname>
+    </hal>
+</manifest>
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_compat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_compat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19a9b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_compat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework">
+    <hal format="hidl" optional="false">
+        <name>foo</name>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <interface>
+            <name>IFoo</name>
+            <instance>default</instance>
+        </interface>
+    </hal>
+    <sepolicy>
+        <sepolicy-version>0.0</sepolicy-version>
+        <kernel-sepolicy-version>0</kernel-sepolicy-version>
+    </sepolicy>
+</compatibility-matrix>
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_incompat/ODM/etc/vintf/manifest_sku.xml b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_incompat/ODM/etc/vintf/manifest_sku.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcd7ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_incompat/ODM/etc/vintf/manifest_sku.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<manifest version="1.0" type="device">
+    <hal format="hidl">
+        <name>foo</name>
+        <transport>hwbinder</transport>
+        <fqname>@1.0::IFoo/default</fqname>
+    </hal>
+</manifest>
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_incompat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_incompat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0e0d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/releasetools/testdata/vintf/sku_incompat/SYSTEM/compatibility_matrix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework">
+    <hal format="hidl" optional="false">
+        <name>foo</name>
+        <version>1.1</version>
+        <interface>
+            <name>IFoo</name>
+            <instance>default</instance>
+        </interface>
+    </hal>
+    <sepolicy>
+        <sepolicy-version>0.0</sepolicy-version>
+        <kernel-sepolicy-version>0</kernel-sepolicy-version>
+    </sepolicy>
+</compatibility-matrix>