diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index b20cfe6e56..90ff0bc379 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -2622,6 +2622,16 @@ RECOVERY_WIPE_DATA_CONFIRMATION_TEXT_FILE :=
 RECOVERY_WIPE_DATA_MENU_HEADER_TEXT_FILE :=
 endif # TARGET_RECOVERY_UI_SCREEN_WIDTH
 
+ifneq ($(TARGET_RECOVERY_DEVICE_DIRS),)
+recovery_root_private := $(strip \
+  $(foreach d,$(TARGET_RECOVERY_DEVICE_DIRS), $(wildcard $(d)/recovery/root)))
+else
+recovery_root_private := $(strip $(wildcard $(TARGET_DEVICE_DIR)/recovery/root))
+endif
+ifneq ($(recovery_root_private),)
+recovery_root_deps := $(shell find $(recovery_root_private) -type f)
+endif
+
 ifndef TARGET_PRIVATE_RES_DIRS
 TARGET_PRIVATE_RES_DIRS := $(wildcard $(TARGET_DEVICE_DIR)/recovery/res)
 endif
@@ -2782,7 +2792,7 @@ $(INTERNAL_RECOVERY_RAMDISK_FILES_TIMESTAMP): $(MKBOOTFS) $(COMPRESSION_COMMAND_
 	    $(INSTALLED_2NDBOOTLOADER_TARGET) \
 	    $(INSTALLED_RECOVERY_BUILD_PROP_TARGET) \
 	    $(INSTALLED_RECOVERY_RAMDISK_BUILD_PROP_TARGET) \
-	    $(recovery_resource_deps) \
+	    $(recovery_resource_deps) $(recovery_root_deps) \
 	    $(recovery_fstab)
 	# Making recovery image
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)
@@ -2801,6 +2811,8 @@ $(INTERNAL_RECOVERY_RAMDISK_FILES_TIMESTAMP): $(MKBOOTFS) $(COMPRESSION_COMMAND_
 	$(foreach recovery_text_file,$(generated_recovery_text_files), \
 	  cp -rf $(recovery_text_file) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res/images/ &&) true
 	cp -f $(recovery_font) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res/images/font.png
+	$(foreach item,$(recovery_root_private), \
+	  cp -rf $(item) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)/)
 	$(foreach item,$(TARGET_PRIVATE_RES_DIRS), \
 	  cp -rf $(item) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/$(newline))
 	$(foreach item,$(recovery_fstab), \