diff --git a/cmds/installd/InstalldNativeService.cpp b/cmds/installd/InstalldNativeService.cpp
index e10fb6c..58786f6 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/InstalldNativeService.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/InstalldNativeService.cpp
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
             // profiles.
             int shared_app_gid = multiuser_get_shared_gid(0, appId);
             if ((shared_app_gid != -1) && fs_prepare_dir_strict(
-                    ref_profile_path.c_str(), 0700, shared_app_gid, shared_app_gid) != 0) {
+                    ref_profile_path.c_str(), 0701, shared_app_gid, shared_app_gid) != 0) {
                 return error("Failed to prepare " + ref_profile_path);
             }
         }
@@ -1833,6 +1833,29 @@
     return ok();
 }
 
+binder::Status InstalldNativeService::snapshotProfile(int32_t appId, const std::string& packageName,
+        const std::string& codePath, bool* _aidl_return) {
+    ENFORCE_UID(AID_SYSTEM);
+    CHECK_ARGUMENT_PACKAGE_NAME(packageName);
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(mLock);
+
+    *_aidl_return = snapshot_profile(appId, packageName, codePath);
+    return ok();
+}
+
+binder::Status InstalldNativeService::destroyProfileSnapshot(const std::string& packageName,
+        const std::string& codePath) {
+    ENFORCE_UID(AID_SYSTEM);
+    CHECK_ARGUMENT_PACKAGE_NAME(packageName);
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(mLock);
+
+    std::string snapshot = create_snapshot_profile_path(packageName, codePath);
+    if ((unlink(snapshot.c_str()) != 0) && (errno != ENOENT)) {
+        return error("Failed to destroy profile snapshot for " + packageName + ":" + codePath);
+    }
+    return ok();
+}
+
 binder::Status InstalldNativeService::dexopt(const std::string& apkPath, int32_t uid,
         const std::unique_ptr<std::string>& packageName, const std::string& instructionSet,
         int32_t dexoptNeeded, const std::unique_ptr<std::string>& outputPath, int32_t dexFlags,
diff --git a/cmds/installd/InstalldNativeService.h b/cmds/installd/InstalldNativeService.h
index 5167a14..eb7231c 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/InstalldNativeService.h
+++ b/cmds/installd/InstalldNativeService.h
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@
     binder::Status clearAppProfiles(const std::string& packageName);
     binder::Status destroyAppProfiles(const std::string& packageName);
 
+    binder::Status snapshotProfile(int32_t appId, const std::string& packageName,
+            const std::string& codePath, bool* _aidl_return);
+    binder::Status destroyProfileSnapshot(const std::string& packageName,
+            const std::string& codePath);
+
     binder::Status idmap(const std::string& targetApkPath, const std::string& overlayApkPath,
             int32_t uid);
     binder::Status removeIdmap(const std::string& overlayApkPath);
diff --git a/cmds/installd/binder/android/os/IInstalld.aidl b/cmds/installd/binder/android/os/IInstalld.aidl
index 0f9862d..16ba2af 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/binder/android/os/IInstalld.aidl
+++ b/cmds/installd/binder/android/os/IInstalld.aidl
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
     void clearAppProfiles(@utf8InCpp String packageName);
     void destroyAppProfiles(@utf8InCpp String packageName);
 
+    boolean snapshotProfile(int appId, @utf8InCpp String packageName, @utf8InCpp String codePath);
+    void destroyProfileSnapshot(@utf8InCpp String packageName, @utf8InCpp String codePath);
+
     void idmap(@utf8InCpp String targetApkPath, @utf8InCpp String overlayApkPath, int uid);
     void removeIdmap(@utf8InCpp String overlayApkPath);
     void rmPackageDir(@utf8InCpp String packageDir);
diff --git a/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp b/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
index 6f160b9..beffe00 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
@@ -566,14 +566,12 @@
     }
 }
 
-static bool create_profile(int uid, const std::string& profile) {
-    unique_fd fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(profile.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_NOFOLLOW, 0600)));
+static unique_fd create_profile(uid_t uid, const std::string& profile, int32_t flags) {
+    unique_fd fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(profile.c_str(), flags, 0600)));
     if (fd.get() < 0) {
-        if (errno == EEXIST) {
-            return true;
-        } else {
+        if (errno != EEXIST) {
             PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to create profile " << profile;
-            return false;
+            return invalid_unique_fd();
         }
     }
     // Profiles should belong to the app; make sure of that by giving ownership to
@@ -581,27 +579,26 @@
     // since dex2oat/profman will fail with SElinux denials.
     if (fchown(fd.get(), uid, uid) < 0) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Could not chwon profile " << profile;
-        return false;
+        return invalid_unique_fd();
     }
-    return true;
+    return fd;
 }
 
-static unique_fd open_profile(int uid, const std::string& profile, bool read_write) {
-    // Check if we need to open the profile for a read-write operation. If so, we
-    // might need to create the profile since the file might not be there. Reference
-    // profiles are created on the fly so they might not exist beforehand.
-    if (read_write) {
-        if (!create_profile(uid, profile)) {
-            return invalid_unique_fd();
-        }
-    }
-    int flags = read_write ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY;
+static unique_fd open_profile(uid_t uid, const std::string& profile, int32_t flags) {
     // Do not follow symlinks when opening a profile:
     //   - primary profiles should not contain symlinks in their paths
     //   - secondary dex paths should have been already resolved and validated
     flags |= O_NOFOLLOW;
 
-    unique_fd fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(profile.c_str(), flags)));
+    // Check if we need to create the profile
+    // Reference profiles and snapshots are created on the fly; so they might not exist beforehand.
+    unique_fd fd;
+    if ((flags & O_CREAT) != 0) {
+        fd = create_profile(uid, profile, flags);
+    } else {
+        fd.reset(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(profile.c_str(), flags)));
+    }
+
     if (fd.get() < 0) {
         if (errno != ENOENT) {
             // Profiles might be missing for various reasons. For example, in a
@@ -621,13 +618,19 @@
 static unique_fd open_current_profile(uid_t uid, userid_t user, const std::string& location,
         bool is_secondary_dex) {
     std::string profile = create_current_profile_path(user, location, is_secondary_dex);
-    return open_profile(uid, profile, /*read_write*/false);
+    return open_profile(uid, profile, O_RDONLY);
 }
 
 static unique_fd open_reference_profile(uid_t uid, const std::string& location, bool read_write,
         bool is_secondary_dex) {
     std::string profile = create_reference_profile_path(location, is_secondary_dex);
-    return open_profile(uid, profile, read_write);
+    return open_profile(uid, profile, read_write ? (O_CREAT | O_RDWR) : O_RDONLY);
+}
+
+static unique_fd open_spnashot_profile(uid_t uid, const std::string& package_name,
+        const std::string& code_path) {
+    std::string profile = create_snapshot_profile_path(package_name, code_path);
+    return open_profile(uid, profile, O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_TRUNC);
 }
 
 static void open_profile_files(uid_t uid, const std::string& location, bool is_secondary_dex,
@@ -2396,5 +2399,42 @@
     }
 }
 
+bool snapshot_profile(int32_t app_id, const std::string& package_name,
+        const std::string& code_path) {
+    int app_shared_gid = multiuser_get_shared_gid(/*user_id*/ 0, app_id);
+
+    unique_fd snapshot_fd = open_spnashot_profile(AID_SYSTEM, package_name, code_path);
+    if (snapshot_fd < 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<unique_fd> profiles_fd;
+    unique_fd reference_profile_fd;
+    open_profile_files(app_shared_gid, package_name, /*is_secondary_dex*/ false, &profiles_fd,
+            &reference_profile_fd);
+    if (profiles_fd.empty() || (reference_profile_fd.get() < 0)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    profiles_fd.push_back(std::move(reference_profile_fd));
+
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        /* child -- drop privileges before continuing */
+        drop_capabilities(app_shared_gid);
+        run_profman_merge(profiles_fd, snapshot_fd);
+        exit(42);   /* only get here on exec failure */
+    }
+
+    /* parent */
+    int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+    if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "profman failed for " << package_name << ":" << code_path;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 }  // namespace installd
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/cmds/installd/dexopt.h b/cmds/installd/dexopt.h
index 798e211..8a9ffd2 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/dexopt.h
+++ b/cmds/installd/dexopt.h
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@
 // the reference profiles accessible with open_reference_profile().
 bool analyze_primary_profiles(uid_t uid, const std::string& pkgname);
 
+// Create a snapshot of the profile information for the given package and code path.
+// The profile snapshot is the aggregation of all existing profiles (all current user
+// profiles & the reference profile) and is meant to capture the all the profile information
+// without performing a merge into the reference profile which might impact future dex2oat
+// compilations.
+// The snapshot is created next to the reference profile of the package and the
+// ownership is assigned to AID_SYSTEM.
+// The snapshot location is reference_profile_location.snapshot. If a snapshot is already
+// there, it will be truncated and overwritten.
+bool snapshot_profile(int32_t app_id, const std::string& package, const std::string& code_path);
+
 bool dump_profiles(int32_t uid, const std::string& pkgname, const char* code_paths);
 
 bool copy_system_profile(const std::string& system_profile,
diff --git a/cmds/installd/tests/installd_dexopt_test.cpp b/cmds/installd/tests/installd_dexopt_test.cpp
index 821b96f..19b42b5 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/tests/installd_dexopt_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/tests/installd_dexopt_test.cpp
@@ -14,20 +14,33 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
+
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
+
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <selinux/android.h>
+#include <selinux/avc.h>
+
 #include "dexopt.h"
 #include "InstalldNativeService.h"
 #include "globals.h"
 #include "tests/test_utils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
+using android::base::ReadFully;
+using android::base::unique_fd;
+
 namespace android {
 namespace installd {
 
@@ -76,6 +89,42 @@
     ::chmod(path.c_str(), mode);
 }
 
+static int log_callback(int type, const char *fmt, ...) { // NOLINT
+    va_list ap;
+    int priority;
+
+    switch (type) {
+        case SELINUX_WARNING:
+            priority = ANDROID_LOG_WARN;
+            break;
+        case SELINUX_INFO:
+            priority = ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
+            break;
+        default:
+            priority = ANDROID_LOG_ERROR;
+            break;
+    }
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    LOG_PRI_VA(priority, "SELinux", fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static bool init_selinux() {
+    int selinux_enabled = (is_selinux_enabled() > 0);
+
+    union selinux_callback cb;
+    cb.func_log = log_callback;
+    selinux_set_callback(SELINUX_CB_LOG, cb);
+
+    if (selinux_enabled && selinux_status_open(true) < 0) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << "Could not open selinux status; exiting";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 // Base64 encoding of a simple dex files with 2 methods.
 static const char kDexFile[] =
     "UEsDBBQAAAAIAOiOYUs9y6BLCgEAABQCAAALABwAY2xhc3Nlcy5kZXhVVAkAA/Ns+lkOHv1ZdXgL"
@@ -97,6 +146,7 @@
     static constexpr int32_t kAppDataFlags = FLAG_STORAGE_CE | FLAG_STORAGE_DE;
     static constexpr uid_t kTestAppUid = 19999;
     static constexpr gid_t kTestAppGid = 19999;
+    static constexpr uid_t kTestAppId = kTestAppUid;
     static constexpr int32_t kTestUserId = 0;
 
     InstalldNativeService* service_;
@@ -116,15 +166,18 @@
     virtual void SetUp() {
         setenv("ANDROID_LOG_TAGS", "*:v", 1);
         android::base::InitLogging(nullptr);
-
+        // Initialize the globals holding the file system main paths (/data/, /system/ etc..).
+        // This is needed in order to compute the application and profile paths.
+        ASSERT_TRUE(init_globals_from_data_and_root());
+        // Initialize selinux log callbacks.
+        // This ensures that selinux is up and running and re-directs the selinux messages
+        // to logcat (in order to make it easier to investigate test results).
+        ASSERT_TRUE(init_selinux());
         service_ = new InstalldNativeService();
 
         volume_uuid_ = nullptr;
         package_name_ = "com.installd.test.dexopt";
         se_info_ = "default";
-
-        init_globals_from_data_and_root();
-
         app_apk_dir_ = android_app_dir + package_name_;
 
         create_mock_app();
@@ -183,14 +236,14 @@
     }
 
 
-    std::string get_secondary_dex_artifact(const std::string& path, const std::string& type) {
+    std::string GetSecondaryDexArtifact(const std::string& path, const std::string& type) {
         std::string::size_type end = path.rfind('.');
         std::string::size_type start = path.rfind('/', end);
         return path.substr(0, start) + "/oat/" + kRuntimeIsa + "/" +
                 path.substr(start + 1, end - start) + type;
     }
 
-    void compile_secondary_dex(const std::string& path, int32_t dex_storage_flag,
+    void CompileSecondaryDex(const std::string& path, int32_t dex_storage_flag,
             bool should_binder_call_succeed, bool should_dex_be_compiled = true,
             int uid = kTestAppUid) {
         std::unique_ptr<std::string> package_name_ptr(new std::string(package_name_));
@@ -216,9 +269,9 @@
                                                  downgrade);
         ASSERT_EQ(should_binder_call_succeed, result.isOk());
         int expected_access = should_dex_be_compiled ? 0 : -1;
-        std::string odex = get_secondary_dex_artifact(path, "odex");
-        std::string vdex = get_secondary_dex_artifact(path, "vdex");
-        std::string art = get_secondary_dex_artifact(path, "art");
+        std::string odex = GetSecondaryDexArtifact(path, "odex");
+        std::string vdex = GetSecondaryDexArtifact(path, "vdex");
+        std::string art = GetSecondaryDexArtifact(path, "art");
         ASSERT_EQ(expected_access, access(odex.c_str(), R_OK));
         ASSERT_EQ(expected_access, access(vdex.c_str(), R_OK));
         ASSERT_EQ(-1, access(art.c_str(), R_OK));  // empty profiles do not generate an image.
@@ -243,56 +296,64 @@
         ASSERT_EQ(should_dex_exist, out_secondary_dex_exists);
 
         int expected_access = should_dex_be_deleted ? -1 : 0;
-        std::string odex = get_secondary_dex_artifact(path, "odex");
-        std::string vdex = get_secondary_dex_artifact(path, "vdex");
-        std::string art = get_secondary_dex_artifact(path, "art");
+        std::string odex = GetSecondaryDexArtifact(path, "odex");
+        std::string vdex = GetSecondaryDexArtifact(path, "vdex");
+        std::string art = GetSecondaryDexArtifact(path, "art");
         ASSERT_EQ(expected_access, access(odex.c_str(), F_OK));
         ASSERT_EQ(expected_access, access(vdex.c_str(), F_OK));
         ASSERT_EQ(-1, access(art.c_str(), R_OK));  // empty profiles do not generate an image.
     }
+
+    void CheckFileAccess(const std::string& file, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, mode_t mode) {
+        struct stat st;
+        ASSERT_EQ(0, stat(file.c_str(), &st));
+        ASSERT_EQ(uid, st.st_uid);
+        ASSERT_EQ(gid, st.st_gid);
+        ASSERT_EQ(mode, st.st_mode);
+    }
 };
 
 
 TEST_F(DexoptTest, DexoptSecondaryCe) {
     LOG(INFO) << "DexoptSecondaryCe";
-    compile_secondary_dex(secondary_dex_ce_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
+    CompileSecondaryDex(secondary_dex_ce_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
         /*binder_ok*/ true, /*compile_ok*/ true);
 }
 
 TEST_F(DexoptTest, DexoptSecondaryCeLink) {
     LOG(INFO) << "DexoptSecondaryCeLink";
-    compile_secondary_dex(secondary_dex_ce_link_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
+    CompileSecondaryDex(secondary_dex_ce_link_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
         /*binder_ok*/ true, /*compile_ok*/ true);
 }
 
 TEST_F(DexoptTest, DexoptSecondaryDe) {
     LOG(INFO) << "DexoptSecondaryDe";
-    compile_secondary_dex(secondary_dex_de_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_DE,
+    CompileSecondaryDex(secondary_dex_de_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_DE,
         /*binder_ok*/ true, /*compile_ok*/ true);
 }
 
 TEST_F(DexoptTest, DexoptSecondaryDoesNotExist) {
     LOG(INFO) << "DexoptSecondaryDoesNotExist";
     // If the file validates but does not exist we do not treat it as an error.
-    compile_secondary_dex(secondary_dex_ce_ + "not.there", DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
+    CompileSecondaryDex(secondary_dex_ce_ + "not.there", DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
         /*binder_ok*/ true,  /*compile_ok*/ false);
 }
 
 TEST_F(DexoptTest, DexoptSecondaryStorageValidationError) {
     LOG(INFO) << "DexoptSecondaryStorageValidationError";
-    compile_secondary_dex(secondary_dex_ce_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_DE,
+    CompileSecondaryDex(secondary_dex_ce_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_DE,
         /*binder_ok*/ false,  /*compile_ok*/ false);
 }
 
 TEST_F(DexoptTest, DexoptSecondaryAppOwnershipValidationError) {
     LOG(INFO) << "DexoptSecondaryAppOwnershipValidationError";
-    compile_secondary_dex("/data/data/random.app/secondary.jar", DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
+    CompileSecondaryDex("/data/data/random.app/secondary.jar", DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
         /*binder_ok*/ false,  /*compile_ok*/ false);
 }
 
 TEST_F(DexoptTest, DexoptSecondaryAcessViaDifferentUidError) {
     LOG(INFO) << "DexoptSecondaryAcessViaDifferentUidError";
-    compile_secondary_dex(secondary_dex_ce_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
+    CompileSecondaryDex(secondary_dex_ce_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
         /*binder_ok*/ false,  /*compile_ok*/ false, kSystemUid);
 }
 
@@ -300,9 +361,9 @@
 class ReconcileTest : public DexoptTest {
     virtual void SetUp() {
         DexoptTest::SetUp();
-        compile_secondary_dex(secondary_dex_ce_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
+        CompileSecondaryDex(secondary_dex_ce_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_CE,
             /*binder_ok*/ true, /*compile_ok*/ true);
-        compile_secondary_dex(secondary_dex_de_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_DE,
+        CompileSecondaryDex(secondary_dex_de_, DEXOPT_STORAGE_DE,
             /*binder_ok*/ true, /*compile_ok*/ true);
     }
 };
@@ -355,5 +416,145 @@
         /*binder_ok*/ true, /*dex_ok */ false, /*odex_deleted*/ false, kSystemUid);
 }
 
+class ProfileTest : public DexoptTest {
+  protected:
+    std::string cur_profile_;
+    std::string ref_profile_;
+    std::string snap_profile_;
+
+    virtual void SetUp() {
+        DexoptTest::SetUp();
+        cur_profile_ = create_current_profile_path(
+                kTestUserId, package_name_, /*is_secondary_dex*/ false);
+        ref_profile_ = create_reference_profile_path(package_name_, /*is_secondary_dex*/ false);
+        snap_profile_ = create_snapshot_profile_path(package_name_, "base.jar");
+    }
+
+    void SetupProfile(const std::string& path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, mode_t mode, int32_t seed) {
+        run_cmd("profman --generate-test-profile-seed=" + std::to_string(seed) +
+                " --generate-test-profile-num-dex=2 --generate-test-profile=" + path);
+        ::chmod(path.c_str(), mode);
+        ::chown(path.c_str(), uid, gid);
+    }
+
+    void SetupProfiles(bool setup_ref) {
+        SetupProfile(cur_profile_, kTestAppUid, kTestAppGid, 0600, 1);
+        if (setup_ref) {
+            SetupProfile(ref_profile_, kTestAppUid, kTestAppGid, 0060, 2);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void SnapshotProfile(int32_t appid, const std::string& package_name, bool expected_result) {
+        bool result;
+        binder::Status binder_result = service_->snapshotProfile(
+                appid, package_name, "base.jar", &result);
+        ASSERT_TRUE(binder_result.isOk());
+        ASSERT_EQ(expected_result, result);
+
+        if (!expected_result) {
+            // Do not check the files if we expect to fail.
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Check that the snapshot was created witht he expected acess flags.
+        CheckFileAccess(snap_profile_, kSystemUid, kSystemGid, 0600 | S_IFREG);
+
+        // The snapshot should be equivalent to the merge of profiles.
+        std::string expected_profile_content = snap_profile_ + ".expected";
+        run_cmd("rm -f " + expected_profile_content);
+        run_cmd("touch " + expected_profile_content);
+        run_cmd("profman --profile-file=" + cur_profile_ +
+                " --profile-file=" + ref_profile_ +
+                " --reference-profile-file=" + expected_profile_content);
+
+        ASSERT_TRUE(AreFilesEqual(expected_profile_content, snap_profile_));
+
+        pid_t pid = fork();
+        if (pid == 0) {
+            /* child */
+            TransitionToSystemServer();
+
+            // System server should be able to open the the spanshot.
+            unique_fd fd(open(snap_profile_.c_str(), O_RDONLY));
+            ASSERT_TRUE(fd > -1) << "Failed to open profile as kSystemUid: " << strerror(errno);
+            _exit(0);
+        }
+        /* parent */
+        ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(wait_child(pid)));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    void TransitionToSystemServer() {
+        ASSERT_TRUE(DropCapabilities(kSystemUid, kSystemGid));
+        int32_t res = selinux_android_setcontext(
+                kSystemUid, true, se_info_.c_str(), "system_server");
+        ASSERT_EQ(0, res) << "Failed to setcon " << strerror(errno);
+    }
+
+    bool AreFilesEqual(const std::string& file1, const std::string& file2) {
+        std::vector<uint8_t> content1;
+        std::vector<uint8_t> content2;
+
+        if (!ReadAll(file1, &content1)) return false;
+        if (!ReadAll(file2, &content2)) return false;
+        return content1 == content2;
+    }
+
+    bool ReadAll(const std::string& file, std::vector<uint8_t>* content) {
+        unique_fd fd(open(file.c_str(), O_RDONLY));
+        if (fd < 0) {
+            PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to open " << file;
+            return false;
+        }
+        struct stat st;
+        if (fstat(fd, &st) != 0) {
+            PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to stat " << file;
+            return false;
+        }
+        content->resize(st.st_size);
+        bool result = ReadFully(fd, content->data(), content->size());
+        if (!result) {
+            PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read " << file;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+TEST_F(ProfileTest, ProfileSnapshotOk) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "ProfileSnapshotOk";
+
+    SetupProfiles(/*setup_ref*/ true);
+    SnapshotProfile(kTestAppId, package_name_, /*expected_result*/ true);
+}
+
+// The reference profile is created on the fly. We need to be able to
+// snapshot without one.
+TEST_F(ProfileTest, ProfileSnapshotOkNoReference) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "ProfileSnapshotOkNoReference";
+
+    SetupProfiles(/*setup_ref*/ false);
+    SnapshotProfile(kTestAppId, package_name_, /*expected_result*/ true);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ProfileTest, ProfileSnapshotFailWrongPackage) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "ProfileSnapshotFailWrongPackage";
+
+    SetupProfiles(/*setup_ref*/ true);
+    SnapshotProfile(kTestAppId, "not.there", /*expected_result*/ false);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ProfileTest, ProfileSnapshotDestroySnapshot) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "ProfileSnapshotDestroySnapshot";
+
+    SetupProfiles(/*setup_ref*/ true);
+    SnapshotProfile(kTestAppId, package_name_, /*expected_result*/ true);
+
+    binder::Status binder_result = service_->destroyProfileSnapshot(package_name_, "base.jar");
+    ASSERT_TRUE(binder_result.isOk());
+    struct stat st;
+    ASSERT_EQ(-1, stat(snap_profile_.c_str(), &st));
+    ASSERT_EQ(ENOENT, errno);
+}
+
 }  // namespace installd
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/cmds/installd/tests/installd_utils_test.cpp b/cmds/installd/tests/installd_utils_test.cpp
index a6a4451..49da85d 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/tests/installd_utils_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/tests/installd_utils_test.cpp
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@
             create_reference_profile_path("com.example", /*is_secondary*/false));
 }
 
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, CreateProfileSnapshot) {
+    std::string expected =
+        create_primary_reference_profile_package_dir_path("com.example") + "/primary.prof.snapshot";
+    EXPECT_EQ(expected, create_snapshot_profile_path("com.example", "base.apk"));
+}
+
 TEST_F(UtilsTest, CreateSecondaryCurrentProfile) {
     EXPECT_EQ("/data/user/0/com.example/oat/secondary.dex.cur.prof",
             create_current_profile_path(/*user*/0,
diff --git a/cmds/installd/tests/test_utils.h b/cmds/installd/tests/test_utils.h
index 7d1162e..b8785c6 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/tests/test_utils.h
+++ b/cmds/installd/tests/test_utils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-#include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/capability.h>
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <selinux/android.h>
 
 uint8_t kBase64Map[256] = {
     255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
@@ -105,3 +108,27 @@
     }
     return true;
 }
+
+// TODO(calin): fix dexopt drop_capabilities and move to general utils (b/69678790).
+bool DropCapabilities(uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
+    if (setgid(gid) != 0) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "setgid failed: " <<  gid;
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (setuid(uid) != 0) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "setuid failed: " <<  uid;
+        return false;
+    }
+    // drop capabilities
+    struct __user_cap_header_struct capheader;
+    struct __user_cap_data_struct capdata[2];
+    memset(&capheader, 0, sizeof(capheader));
+    memset(&capdata, 0, sizeof(capdata));
+    capheader.version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3;
+    if (capset(&capheader, &capdata[0]) < 0) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "capset failed";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/cmds/installd/utils.cpp b/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
index 7dca7c6..61c9c8f 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
 const std::string PROFILE_EXT = ".prof";
 const std::string CURRENT_PROFILE_EXT = ".cur";
 const std::string PRIMARY_PROFILE_NAME = "primary" + PROFILE_EXT;
+const std::string SNAPSHOT_PROFILE_EXT = ".snapshot";
 
 // Gets the parent directory and the file name for the given secondary dex path.
 // Returns true on success, false on failure (if the dex_path does not have the expected
@@ -289,6 +290,14 @@
     }
 }
 
+std::string create_snapshot_profile_path(const std::string& package,
+        const std::string& code_path ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+    // TODD(calin): code_path is ignored for now. It will be used when each split gets its own
+    // profile file.
+    std::string ref_profile = create_reference_profile_path(package, /*is_secondary_dex*/ false);
+    return ref_profile + SNAPSHOT_PROFILE_EXT;
+}
+
 std::vector<userid_t> get_known_users(const char* volume_uuid) {
     std::vector<userid_t> users;
 
diff --git a/cmds/installd/utils.h b/cmds/installd/utils.h
index b90caf9..5391061 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/utils.h
+++ b/cmds/installd/utils.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
         userid_t user, const std::string& package_name, bool is_secondary_dex);
 std::string create_reference_profile_path(
         const std::string& package_name, bool is_secondary_dex);
+std::string create_snapshot_profile_path(const std::string& package, const std::string& code_path);
 
 std::vector<userid_t> get_known_users(const char* volume_uuid);