diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index fba1917..3316a44 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 
 	InstallInData() bool
 	InstallInSanitizerDir() bool
+	InstallInRecovery() bool
 
 	RequiredModuleNames() []string
 
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@
 	Target() Target
 	InstallInData() bool
 	InstallInSanitizerDir() bool
+	InstallInRecovery() bool
 	SkipInstall()
 	ExportedToMake() bool
 
@@ -237,6 +239,9 @@
 	// /system/product if product partition does not exist).
 	Product_specific *bool
 
+	// Whether this module is installed to recovery partition
+	Recovery *bool
+
 	// init.rc files to be installed if this module is installed
 	Init_rc []string
 
@@ -560,6 +565,10 @@
 	return false
 }
 
+func (p *ModuleBase) InstallInRecovery() bool {
+	return Bool(p.commonProperties.Recovery)
+}
+
 func (a *ModuleBase) generateModuleTarget(ctx ModuleContext) {
 	allInstalledFiles := Paths{}
 	allCheckbuildFiles := Paths{}
@@ -1008,6 +1017,10 @@
 	return a.module.InstallInSanitizerDir()
 }
 
+func (a *androidModuleContext) InstallInRecovery() bool {
+	return a.module.InstallInRecovery()
+}
+
 func (a *androidModuleContext) skipInstall(fullInstallPath OutputPath) bool {
 	if a.module.base().commonProperties.SkipInstall {
 		return true
diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 91dd9a6..8cc3182 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
 	InstallInData() bool
 	InstallInSanitizerDir() bool
+	InstallInRecovery() bool
 }
 
 var _ ModuleInstallPathContext = ModuleContext(nil)
@@ -948,6 +949,8 @@
 		var partition string
 		if ctx.InstallInData() {
 			partition = "data"
+		} else if ctx.InstallInRecovery() {
+			partition = "recovery/root"
 		} else if ctx.SocSpecific() {
 			partition = ctx.DeviceConfig().VendorPath()
 		} else if ctx.DeviceSpecific() {
diff --git a/android/paths_test.go b/android/paths_test.go
index cd9fbfd..b3dc9de 100644
--- a/android/paths_test.go
+++ b/android/paths_test.go
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@
 
 	inData         bool
 	inSanitizerDir bool
+	inRecovery     bool
 }
 
 func (moduleInstallPathContextImpl) Fs() pathtools.FileSystem {
@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@
 	return m.inSanitizerDir
 }
 
+func (m moduleInstallPathContextImpl) InstallInRecovery() bool {
+	return m.inRecovery
+}
+
 func TestPathForModuleInstall(t *testing.T) {
 	testConfig := TestConfig("", nil)