diff --git a/adb/client/commandline.cpp b/adb/client/commandline.cpp
index 599e0e6..fe2bdfe 100644
--- a/adb/client/commandline.cpp
+++ b/adb/client/commandline.cpp
@@ -1704,10 +1704,23 @@
             error_exit("tcpip: invalid port: %s", argv[1]);
         }
         return adb_connect_command(android::base::StringPrintf("tcpip:%d", port));
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "remount")) {
+        FeatureSet features;
+        std::string error;
+        if (!adb_get_feature_set(&features, &error)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "error: %s\n", error.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        if (CanUseFeature(features, kFeatureRemountShell)) {
+            const char* arg[2] = {"shell", "remount"};
+            return adb_shell(2, arg);
+        } else {
+            return adb_connect_command("remount:");
+        }
     }
     // clang-format off
-    else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "remount") ||
-             !strcmp(argv[0], "reboot") ||
+    else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "reboot") ||
              !strcmp(argv[0], "reboot-bootloader") ||
              !strcmp(argv[0], "reboot-fastboot") ||
              !strcmp(argv[0], "usb") ||
diff --git a/adb/daemon/remount_service.cpp b/adb/daemon/remount_service.cpp
index ce494ee..6bd7855 100644
--- a/adb/daemon/remount_service.cpp
+++ b/adb/daemon/remount_service.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
         dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
 
         execl(kRemountCmd, kRemountCmd, cmd.empty() ? nullptr : cmd.c_str(), nullptr);
+        const char* msg = "failed to exec remount\n";
+        write(STDERR_FILENO, msg, strlen(msg));
         _exit(errno);
     }
 
@@ -83,6 +85,6 @@
 }
 
 void remount_service(unique_fd fd, const std::string& cmd) {
-    const char* success = do_remount(fd.get(), cmd) ? "succeeded" : "failed";
-    WriteFdFmt(fd.get(), "remount %s\n", success);
+    do_remount(fd.get(), cmd);
+    // The remount command will print success or failure for us.
 }
diff --git a/adb/transport.cpp b/adb/transport.cpp
index 3d1d620..d9749ac 100644
--- a/adb/transport.cpp
+++ b/adb/transport.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 const char* const kFeatureAbb = "abb";
 const char* const kFeatureFixedPushSymlinkTimestamp = "fixed_push_symlink_timestamp";
 const char* const kFeatureAbbExec = "abb_exec";
+const char* const kFeatureRemountShell = "remount_shell";
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -1049,6 +1050,7 @@
             kFeatureAbb,
             kFeatureFixedPushSymlinkTimestamp,
             kFeatureAbbExec,
+            kFeatureRemountShell,
             // Increment ADB_SERVER_VERSION when adding a feature that adbd needs
             // to know about. Otherwise, the client can be stuck running an old
             // version of the server even after upgrading their copy of adb.
diff --git a/adb/transport.h b/adb/transport.h
index f4490ed..245037e 100644
--- a/adb/transport.h
+++ b/adb/transport.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 extern const char* const kFeatureAbb;
 // adbd properly updates symlink timestamps on push.
 extern const char* const kFeatureFixedPushSymlinkTimestamp;
+extern const char* const kFeatureRemountShell;
 
 TransportId NextTransportId();