diff --git a/libcutils/Android.mk b/libcutils/Android.mk
index d4450c6..c636196 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.mk
+++ b/libcutils/Android.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	sched_policy.c \
 	iosched_policy.c \
 	str_parms.c \
+	fs_config.c
 
 # some files must not be compiled when building against Mingw
 # they correspond to features not used by our host development tools
diff --git a/libcutils/fs_config.c b/libcutils/fs_config.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f6a202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcutils/fs_config.c
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 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.
+ */
+
+/* This file is used to define the properties of the filesystem
+** images generated by build tools (mkbootfs and mkyaffs2image) and
+** by the device side of adb.
+*/
+
+#define EXCLUDE_FS_CONFIG_STRUCTURES
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+
+/* Temporary while EXCLUDE_FS_CONFIG_STRUCTURES is defined */
+struct fs_path_config {
+    unsigned mode;
+    unsigned uid;
+    unsigned gid;
+    uint64_t capabilities;
+    const char *prefix;
+};
+
+/* Rules for directories.
+** These rules are applied based on "first match", so they
+** should start with the most specific path and work their
+** way up to the root.
+*/
+
+static const struct fs_path_config android_dirs[] = {
+    { 00770, AID_SYSTEM, AID_CACHE,  0, "cache" },
+    { 00771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM, 0, "data/app" },
+    { 00771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM, 0, "data/app-private" },
+    { 00771, AID_ROOT,   AID_ROOT,   0, "data/dalvik-cache" },
+    { 00771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM, 0, "data/data" },
+    { 00771, AID_SHELL,  AID_SHELL,  0, "data/local/tmp" },
+    { 00771, AID_SHELL,  AID_SHELL,  0, "data/local" },
+    { 01771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_MISC,   0, "data/misc" },
+    { 00770, AID_DHCP,   AID_DHCP,   0, "data/misc/dhcp" },
+    { 00771, AID_SHARED_RELRO, AID_SHARED_RELRO, 0, "data/misc/shared_relro" },
+    { 00775, AID_MEDIA_RW, AID_MEDIA_RW, 0, "data/media" },
+    { 00775, AID_MEDIA_RW, AID_MEDIA_RW, 0, "data/media/Music" },
+    { 00771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM, 0, "data" },
+    { 00750, AID_ROOT,   AID_SHELL,  0, "sbin" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,   AID_SHELL,  0, "system/bin" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,   AID_SHELL,  0, "system/vendor" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,   AID_SHELL,  0, "system/xbin" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,   AID_ROOT,   0, "system/etc/ppp" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,   AID_SHELL,  0, "vendor" },
+    { 00777, AID_ROOT,   AID_ROOT,   0, "sdcard" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,   AID_ROOT,   0, 0 },
+};
+
+/* Rules for files.
+** These rules are applied based on "first match", so they
+** should start with the most specific path and work their
+** way up to the root. Prefixes ending in * denotes wildcard
+** and will allow partial matches.
+*/
+static const struct fs_path_config android_files[] = {
+    { 00440, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/etc/init.goldfish.rc" },
+    { 00550, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/etc/init.goldfish.sh" },
+    { 00550, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/etc/init.ril" },
+    { 00550, AID_DHCP,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks" },
+    { 00555, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/etc/ppp/*" },
+    { 00555, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/etc/rc.*" },
+    { 00644, AID_SYSTEM,    AID_SYSTEM,    0, "data/app/*" },
+    { 00644, AID_MEDIA_RW,  AID_MEDIA_RW,  0, "data/media/*" },
+    { 00644, AID_SYSTEM,    AID_SYSTEM,    0, "data/app-private/*" },
+    { 00644, AID_APP,       AID_APP,       0, "data/data/*" },
+
+    /* the following five files are INTENTIONALLY set-uid, but they
+     * are NOT included on user builds. */
+    { 04750, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/xbin/su" },
+    { 06755, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/xbin/librank" },
+    { 06755, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/xbin/procrank" },
+    { 06755, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/xbin/procmem" },
+    { 04770, AID_ROOT,      AID_RADIO,     0, "system/bin/pppd-ril" },
+
+    /* the following files have enhanced capabilities and ARE included in user builds. */
+    { 00750, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     (1ULL << CAP_SETUID) | (1ULL << CAP_SETGID), "system/bin/run-as" },
+    { 00700, AID_SYSTEM,    AID_SHELL,     (1ULL << CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND), "system/bin/inputflinger" },
+
+    { 00750, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/bin/uncrypt" },
+    { 00750, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/bin/install-recovery.sh" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/bin/*" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/lib/valgrind/*" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/lib64/valgrind/*" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/xbin/*" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/vendor/bin/*" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "vendor/bin/*" },
+    { 00750, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "sbin/*" },
+    { 00755, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "bin/*" },
+    { 00750, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "init*" },
+    { 00750, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "sbin/fs_mgr" },
+    { 00640, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "fstab.*" },
+    { 00644, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, 0 },
+};
+
+void fs_config(const char *path, int dir,
+               unsigned *uid, unsigned *gid, unsigned *mode, uint64_t *capabilities)
+{
+    const struct fs_path_config *pc;
+    int plen;
+
+    if (path[0] == '/') {
+        path++;
+    }
+
+    pc = dir ? android_dirs : android_files;
+    plen = strlen(path);
+    for(; pc->prefix; pc++){
+        int len = strlen(pc->prefix);
+        if (dir) {
+            if(plen < len) continue;
+            if(!strncmp(pc->prefix, path, len)) break;
+            continue;
+        }
+        /* If name ends in * then allow partial matches. */
+        if (pc->prefix[len -1] == '*') {
+            if(!strncmp(pc->prefix, path, len - 1)) break;
+        } else if (plen == len){
+            if(!strncmp(pc->prefix, path, len)) break;
+        }
+    }
+    *uid = pc->uid;
+    *gid = pc->gid;
+    *mode = (*mode & (~07777)) | pc->mode;
+    *capabilities = pc->capabilities;
+}