diff --git a/cmds/installd/utils.cpp b/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
index f3d9459..a8c32ed 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <cutils/fs.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_XATTRS 0
 
+using android::base::EndsWith;
 using android::base::StringPrintf;
+using android::base::unique_fd;
 
 namespace android {
 namespace installd {
@@ -985,5 +988,75 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+// Collect all non empty profiles from the given directory and puts then into profile_paths.
+// The profiles are identified based on PROFILE_EXT extension.
+// If a subdirectory or profile file cannot be opened the method logs a warning and moves on.
+// It returns true if there were no errors at all, and false otherwise.
+static bool collect_profiles(DIR* d,
+                             const std::string& current_path,
+                             std::vector<std::string>* profiles_paths) {
+    int32_t dir_fd = dirfd(d);
+    if (dir_fd < 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool result = true;
+    struct dirent* dir_entry;
+    while ((dir_entry = readdir(d))) {
+        std::string name = dir_entry->d_name;
+        std::string local_path = current_path + "/" + name;
+
+        if (dir_entry->d_type == DT_REG) {
+            // Check if this is a non empty profile file.
+            if (EndsWith(name, PROFILE_EXT)) {
+                struct stat st;
+                if (stat(local_path.c_str(), &st) != 0) {
+                    PLOG(WARNING) << "Cannot stat local path " << local_path;
+                    result = false;
+                    continue;
+                } else if (st.st_size > 0) {
+                    profiles_paths->push_back(local_path);
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (dir_entry->d_type == DT_DIR) {
+            // always skip "." and ".."
+            if (name == "." || name == "..") {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            unique_fd subdir_fd(openat(dir_fd, name.c_str(),
+                    O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_CLOEXEC));
+            if (subdir_fd < 0) {
+                PLOG(WARNING) << "Could not open dir path " << local_path;
+                result = false;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            DIR* subdir = fdopendir(subdir_fd);
+            if (subdir == NULL) {
+                PLOG(WARNING) << "Could not open dir path " << local_path;
+                result = false;
+                continue;
+            }
+            bool new_result = collect_profiles(subdir, local_path, profiles_paths);
+            result = result && new_result;
+            if (closedir(subdir) != 0) {
+                PLOG(WARNING) << "Could not close dir path " << local_path;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+bool collect_profiles(std::vector<std::string>* profiles_paths) {
+    DIR* d = opendir(android_profiles_dir.c_str());
+    if (d == NULL) {
+        return false;
+    } else {
+        return collect_profiles(d, android_profiles_dir, profiles_paths);
+    }
+}
+
 }  // namespace installd
 }  // namespace android