diff --git a/fs_mgr/Android.mk b/fs_mgr/Android.mk
index 08d0671..cf2965e 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/Android.mk
+++ b/fs_mgr/Android.mk
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= fs_mgr.c fs_mgr_verity.c fs_mgr_fstab.c
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= fs_mgr.c fs_mgr_verity.c fs_mgr_fstab.c fs_mgr_slotselect.c
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
 
 LOCAL_MODULE:= libfs_mgr
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := liblogwrap libmincrypt libext4_utils_static libsquashfs_utils
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += system/extras/ext4_utils system/extras/squashfs_utils
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += system/extras/ext4_utils system/extras/squashfs_utils \
+	bootable/recovery
 LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDE_DIRS := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Werror
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.c b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.c
index d77d41f..3379deb 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.c
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
-
 #include "fs_mgr_priv.h"
 
 struct fs_mgr_flag_values {
@@ -310,25 +308,12 @@
         fstab->recs[cnt].partnum = flag_vals.partnum;
         fstab->recs[cnt].swap_prio = flag_vals.swap_prio;
         fstab->recs[cnt].zram_size = flag_vals.zram_size;
-
-        /* If an A/B partition, modify block device to be the real block device */
-        if (fstab->recs[cnt].fs_mgr_flags & MF_SLOTSELECT) {
-            char propbuf[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-            char *tmp;
-
-            /* use the kernel parameter if set */
-            property_get("ro.boot.slot_suffix", propbuf, "");
-
-            if (asprintf(&tmp, "%s%s", fstab->recs[cnt].blk_device, propbuf) > 0) {
-                free(fstab->recs[cnt].blk_device);
-                fstab->recs[cnt].blk_device = tmp;
-            } else {
-                ERROR("Error updating block device name\n");
-                goto err;
-            }
-        }
         cnt++;
     }
+    /* If an A/B partition, modify block device to be the real block device */
+    if (fs_mgr_update_for_slotselect(fstab) != 0) {
+        ERROR("Error updating for slotselect\n");
+    }
     fclose(fstab_file);
     free(line);
     return fstab;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_priv.h b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_priv.h
index cc02bac..992b544 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_priv.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_priv.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 #define DM_BUF_SIZE 4096
 
 int fs_mgr_set_blk_ro(const char *blockdev);
+int fs_mgr_update_for_slotselect(struct fstab *fstab);
 
 #endif /* __CORE_FS_MGR_PRIV_H */
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_slotselect.c b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_slotselect.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99dcd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_slotselect.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 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.
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <cutils/properties.h>
+
+#include "fs_mgr.h"
+#include "fs_mgr_priv.h"
+
+#include "bootloader.h"
+
+// Copies slot_suffix from misc into |out_suffix|. Returns 0 on
+// success, -1 on error or if there is no non-empty slot_suffix.
+static int get_active_slot_suffix_from_misc(struct fstab *fstab,
+                                            char *out_suffix,
+                                            size_t suffix_len)
+{
+    int n;
+    int misc_fd;
+    ssize_t num_read;
+    struct bootloader_message msg;
+
+    misc_fd = -1;
+    for (n = 0; n < fstab->num_entries; n++) {
+        if (strcmp(fstab->recs[n].mount_point, "/misc") == 0) {
+            misc_fd = open(fstab->recs[n].blk_device, O_RDONLY);
+            if (misc_fd == -1) {
+                ERROR("Error opening misc partition \"%s\" (%s)\n",
+                      fstab->recs[n].blk_device,
+                      strerror(errno));
+                return -1;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (misc_fd == -1) {
+        ERROR("Error finding misc partition\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    num_read = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(misc_fd, &msg, sizeof(msg)));
+    // Linux will never return partial reads when reading from block
+    // devices so no need to worry about them.
+    if (num_read != sizeof(msg)) {
+        ERROR("Error reading bootloader_message (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+        close(misc_fd);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    close(misc_fd);
+    if (msg.slot_suffix[0] == '\0')
+        return -1;
+    strncpy(out_suffix, msg.slot_suffix, suffix_len);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// Gets slot_suffix from either the kernel cmdline / firmware, the
+// misc partition or built-in fallback.
+static void get_active_slot_suffix(struct fstab *fstab, char *out_suffix,
+                                   size_t suffix_len)
+{
+    char propbuf[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
+
+    // Get the suffix from the kernel commandline (note that we don't
+    // allow the empty suffix). On bootloaders natively supporting A/B
+    // we'll hit this path every time so don't bother logging it.
+    property_get("ro.boot.slot_suffix", propbuf, "");
+    if (propbuf[0] != '\0') {
+        strncpy(out_suffix, propbuf, suffix_len);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // If we couldn't get the suffix from the kernel cmdline, try the
+    // the misc partition.
+    if (get_active_slot_suffix_from_misc(fstab, out_suffix, suffix_len) == 0) {
+        INFO("Using slot suffix \"%s\" from misc\n", out_suffix);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // If that didn't work, fall back to _a. The reasoning here is
+    // that since the fstab has the slotselect option set (otherwise
+    // we wouldn't end up here) we must assume that partitions are
+    // indeed set up for A/B. This corner-case is important because we
+    // may be on this codepath on newly provisioned A/B devices where
+    // misc isn't set up properly (it's just zeroes) and the
+    // bootloader does not (yet) natively support A/B.
+    //
+    // Why '_a'? Because that's what system/extras/boot_control_copy
+    // is using and since the bootloader isn't A/B aware we assume
+    // slots are set up this way.
+    WARNING("Could not determine slot suffix, falling back to \"_a\"\n");
+    strncpy(out_suffix, "_a", suffix_len);
+    return;
+}
+
+// Updates |fstab| for slot_suffix. Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
+int fs_mgr_update_for_slotselect(struct fstab *fstab)
+{
+    int n;
+    char suffix[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
+    int got_suffix = 0;
+
+    for (n = 0; n < fstab->num_entries; n++) {
+        if (fstab->recs[n].fs_mgr_flags & MF_SLOTSELECT) {
+            char *tmp;
+
+            if (!got_suffix) {
+                memset(suffix, '\0', sizeof(suffix));
+                get_active_slot_suffix(fstab, suffix, sizeof(suffix) - 1);
+                got_suffix = 1;
+            }
+
+            if (asprintf(&tmp, "%s%s", fstab->recs[n].blk_device,
+                         suffix) > 0) {
+                free(fstab->recs[n].blk_device);
+                fstab->recs[n].blk_device = tmp;
+            } else {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}