diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/Android.bp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/Android.bp
index d5e85e6..474d482 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/Android.bp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/Android.bp
@@ -173,10 +173,11 @@
         "libsnapshot_cow_defaults",
     ],
     srcs: [
-        "cow_decompress.cpp",
-        "cow_reader.cpp",
-        "cow_writer.cpp",
-        "cow_format.cpp",
+        "libsnapshot_cow/cow_decompress.cpp",
+        "libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp",
+        "libsnapshot_cow/cow_writer.cpp",
+        "libsnapshot_cow/cow_format.cpp",
+        "libsnapshot_cow/cow_compress.cpp",
     ],
     host_supported: true,
     recovery_available: true,
@@ -424,7 +425,7 @@
         "libsnapshot_cow_defaults",
     ],
     srcs: [
-        "cow_api_test.cpp",
+        "libsnapshot_cow/cow_api_test.cpp",
     ],
     cflags: [
         "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64",
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@
     shared_libs: [
     ],
     srcs: [
-        "inspect_cow.cpp",
+        "libsnapshot_cow/inspect_cow.cpp",
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_api_test.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_api_test.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_api_test.cpp
rename to fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_api_test.cpp
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_compress.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_compress.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e58f45a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_compress.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2020 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 <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <limits>
+#include <queue>
+
+#include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
+#include <brotli/encode.h>
+#include <libsnapshot/cow_format.h>
+#include <libsnapshot/cow_reader.h>
+#include <libsnapshot/cow_writer.h>
+#include <lz4.h>
+#include <zlib.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace snapshot {
+
+std::basic_string<uint8_t> CowWriter::Compress(const void* data, size_t length) {
+    switch (compression_) {
+        case kCowCompressGz: {
+            const auto bound = compressBound(length);
+            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
+
+            uLongf dest_len = bound;
+            auto rv = compress2(buffer.data(), &dest_len, reinterpret_cast<const Bytef*>(data),
+                                length, Z_BEST_COMPRESSION);
+            if (rv != Z_OK) {
+                LOG(ERROR) << "compress2 returned: " << rv;
+                return {};
+            }
+            buffer.resize(dest_len);
+            return buffer;
+        }
+        case kCowCompressBrotli: {
+            const auto bound = BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize(length);
+            if (!bound) {
+                LOG(ERROR) << "BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize returned 0";
+                return {};
+            }
+            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
+
+            size_t encoded_size = bound;
+            auto rv = BrotliEncoderCompress(
+                    BROTLI_DEFAULT_QUALITY, BROTLI_DEFAULT_WINDOW, BROTLI_DEFAULT_MODE, length,
+                    reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(data), &encoded_size, buffer.data());
+            if (!rv) {
+                LOG(ERROR) << "BrotliEncoderCompress failed";
+                return {};
+            }
+            buffer.resize(encoded_size);
+            return buffer;
+        }
+        case kCowCompressLz4: {
+            const auto bound = LZ4_compressBound(length);
+            if (!bound) {
+                LOG(ERROR) << "LZ4_compressBound returned 0";
+                return {};
+            }
+            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
+
+            const auto compressed_size = LZ4_compress_default(
+                    static_cast<const char*>(data), reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer.data()), length,
+                    buffer.size());
+            if (compressed_size <= 0) {
+                LOG(ERROR) << "LZ4_compress_default failed, input size: " << length
+                           << ", compression bound: " << bound << ", ret: " << compressed_size;
+                return {};
+            }
+            buffer.resize(compressed_size);
+            return buffer;
+        }
+        default:
+            LOG(ERROR) << "unhandled compression type: " << compression_;
+            break;
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+}  // namespace snapshot
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_decompress.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_decompress.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_decompress.cpp
rename to fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_decompress.cpp
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_decompress.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_decompress.h
similarity index 100%
rename from fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_decompress.h
rename to fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_decompress.h
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_format.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_format.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_format.cpp
rename to fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_format.cpp
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_reader.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_reader.cpp
rename to fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_writer.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_writer.cpp
similarity index 87%
rename from fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_writer.cpp
rename to fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_writer.cpp
index 7281fc2..e4f019e 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/cow_writer.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_writer.cpp
@@ -404,67 +404,6 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-std::basic_string<uint8_t> CowWriter::Compress(const void* data, size_t length) {
-    switch (compression_) {
-        case kCowCompressGz: {
-            const auto bound = compressBound(length);
-            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
-
-            uLongf dest_len = bound;
-            auto rv = compress2(buffer.data(), &dest_len, reinterpret_cast<const Bytef*>(data),
-                                length, Z_BEST_COMPRESSION);
-            if (rv != Z_OK) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "compress2 returned: " << rv;
-                return {};
-            }
-            buffer.resize(dest_len);
-            return buffer;
-        }
-        case kCowCompressBrotli: {
-            const auto bound = BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize(length);
-            if (!bound) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize returned 0";
-                return {};
-            }
-            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
-
-            size_t encoded_size = bound;
-            auto rv = BrotliEncoderCompress(
-                    BROTLI_DEFAULT_QUALITY, BROTLI_DEFAULT_WINDOW, BROTLI_DEFAULT_MODE, length,
-                    reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(data), &encoded_size, buffer.data());
-            if (!rv) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "BrotliEncoderCompress failed";
-                return {};
-            }
-            buffer.resize(encoded_size);
-            return buffer;
-        }
-        case kCowCompressLz4: {
-            const auto bound = LZ4_compressBound(length);
-            if (!bound) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "LZ4_compressBound returned 0";
-                return {};
-            }
-            std::basic_string<uint8_t> buffer(bound, '\0');
-
-            const auto compressed_size = LZ4_compress_default(
-                    static_cast<const char*>(data), reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer.data()), length,
-                    buffer.size());
-            if (compressed_size <= 0) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "LZ4_compress_default failed, input size: " << length
-                           << ", compression bound: " << bound << ", ret: " << compressed_size;
-                return {};
-            }
-            buffer.resize(compressed_size);
-            return buffer;
-        }
-        default:
-            LOG(ERROR) << "unhandled compression type: " << compression_;
-            break;
-    }
-    return {};
-}
-
 // TODO: Fix compilation issues when linking libcrypto library
 // when snapuserd is compiled as part of ramdisk.
 static void SHA256(const void*, size_t, uint8_t[]) {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/inspect_cow.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/inspect_cow.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from fs_mgr/libsnapshot/inspect_cow.cpp
rename to fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/inspect_cow.cpp