diff --git a/fs_mgr/Android.bp b/fs_mgr/Android.bp
index 0af6159..4441ad0 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/Android.bp
+++ b/fs_mgr/Android.bp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     local_include_dirs: ["include/"],
     cppflags: ["-Werror"],
     static_libs: [
-        "liblogwrap",
         "libfec",
         "libfec_rs",
         "libbase",
@@ -33,6 +32,9 @@
         "libselinux",
         "libavb",
     ],
+    whole_static_libs: [
+        "liblogwrap",
+    ],
 }
 
 cc_library_static {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/Android.mk b/fs_mgr/Android.mk
index f3ca724..9249343 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/Android.mk
+++ b/fs_mgr/Android.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
 LOCAL_MODULE:= fs_mgr
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
+LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES := mke2fs mke2fs.conf e2fsdroid
 LOCAL_FORCE_STATIC_EXECUTABLE := true
 LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/sbin
 LOCAL_UNSTRIPPED_PATH := $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT_UNSTRIPPED)
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_format.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_format.cpp
index a03d92c..75feee7 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_format.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_format.cpp
@@ -24,25 +24,21 @@
 #include <cutils/partition_utils.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
-#include <ext4_utils/ext4_utils.h>
 #include <ext4_utils/ext4.h>
-#include <ext4_utils/make_ext4fs.h>
-#include <selinux/selinux.h>
-#include <selinux/label.h>
+#include <ext4_utils/ext4_utils.h>
+#include <logwrap/logwrap.h>
 #include <selinux/android.h>
+#include <selinux/label.h>
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
 
 #include "fs_mgr_priv.h"
 #include "cryptfs.h"
 
-extern "C" {
-extern struct fs_info info;     /* magic global from ext4_utils */
-extern void reset_ext4fs_info();
-}
-
 static int format_ext4(char *fs_blkdev, char *fs_mnt_point, bool crypt_footer)
 {
     uint64_t dev_sz;
     int fd, rc = 0;
+    int status;
 
     if ((fd = open(fs_blkdev, O_WRONLY)) < 0) {
         PERROR << "Cannot open block device";
@@ -55,30 +51,36 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-    struct selabel_handle *sehandle = selinux_android_file_context_handle();
-    if (!sehandle) {
-        /* libselinux logs specific error */
-        LERROR << "Cannot initialize android file_contexts";
-        close(fd);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    /* Format the partition using the calculated length */
-    reset_ext4fs_info();
-    info.len = (off64_t)dev_sz;
-    if (crypt_footer) {
-        info.len -= CRYPT_FOOTER_OFFSET;
-    }
-
-    /* Use make_ext4fs_internal to avoid wiping an already-wiped partition. */
-    rc = make_ext4fs_internal(fd, NULL, NULL, fs_mnt_point, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, sehandle, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-    if (rc) {
-        LERROR << "make_ext4fs returned " << rc;
-    }
     close(fd);
 
-    if (sehandle) {
-        selabel_close(sehandle);
+    /* Format the partition using the calculated length */
+    if (crypt_footer) {
+        dev_sz -= CRYPT_FOOTER_OFFSET;
+    }
+
+    std::string size_str = std::to_string(dev_sz / 4096);
+    const char* const mke2fs_args[] = {
+        "/system/bin/mke2fs", "-t", "ext4", "-b", "4096", fs_blkdev, size_str.c_str(), nullptr};
+
+    rc = android_fork_execvp_ext(arraysize(mke2fs_args), const_cast<char**>(mke2fs_args), &status,
+                                 true, LOG_KLOG, true, nullptr, nullptr, 0);
+    if (rc) {
+        LERROR << "mke2fs returned " << rc;
+        return rc;
+    }
+
+    const char* const e2fsdroid_args[] = {
+        "/system/bin/e2fsdroid",
+        "-e",
+        "-a",
+        fs_mnt_point,
+        fs_blkdev,
+        nullptr};
+
+    rc = android_fork_execvp_ext(arraysize(e2fsdroid_args), const_cast<char**>(e2fsdroid_args),
+                                 &status, true, LOG_KLOG, true, nullptr, nullptr, 0);
+    if (rc) {
+        LERROR << "e2fsdroid returned " << rc;
     }
 
     return rc;
@@ -86,44 +88,11 @@
 
 static int format_f2fs(char *fs_blkdev)
 {
-    char * args[5];
-    int pid;
-    int rc = 0;
+    int status;
+    const char* const args[] = {"/system/bin/make_f2fs", "-f", "-O encrypt", fs_blkdev, nullptr};
 
-    args[0] = (char *)"/system/bin/make_f2fs";
-    args[1] = (char *)"-f";
-    args[2] = (char *)"-O encrypt";
-    args[3] = fs_blkdev;
-    args[4] = (char *)0;
-
-    pid = fork();
-    if (pid < 0) {
-       return pid;
-    }
-    if (!pid) {
-        /* This doesn't return */
-        execv(args[0], args);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    for(;;) {
-        pid_t p = waitpid(pid, &rc, 0);
-        if (p != pid) {
-            LERROR << "Error waiting for child process - " << p;
-            rc = -1;
-            break;
-        }
-        if (WIFEXITED(rc)) {
-            rc = WEXITSTATUS(rc);
-            LINFO << args[0] << " done, status " << rc;
-            if (rc) {
-                rc = -1;
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-        LERROR << "Still waiting for " << args[0] << "...";
-    }
-
-    return rc;
+    return android_fork_execvp_ext(arraysize(args), const_cast<char**>(args), &status, true,
+                                   LOG_KLOG, true, nullptr, nullptr, 0);
 }
 
 int fs_mgr_do_format(struct fstab_rec *fstab, bool crypt_footer)