diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 110b3c9535..824fc7953d 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ BUILT_RAMDISK_TARGET := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/ramdisk.img
 
 # We just build this directly to the install location.
 INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET := $(BUILT_RAMDISK_TARGET)
-$(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(INTERNAL_RAMDISK_FILES)
+$(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(INTERNAL_RAMDISK_FILES) | $(MINIGZIP)
 	$(call pretty,"Target ram disk: $@")
-	$(hide) $(MKBOOTFS) $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) | gzip > $@
+	$(hide) $(MKBOOTFS) $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) | $(MINIGZIP) > $@
 
 
 ifneq ($(strip $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL)),true)
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ $(eval $(call combine-notice-files, \
 # the module processing has already been done -- in fact, we used the
 # fact that all that has been done to get the list of modules that we
 # need notice files for.
-$(target_notice_file_html_gz): $(target_notice_file_html)
-	gzip -c $< > $@
+$(target_notice_file_html_gz): $(target_notice_file_html) | $(MINIGZIP)
+	$(MINIGZIP) -9 < $< > $@
 installed_notice_html_gz := $(TARGET_OUT)/etc/NOTICE.html.gz
 $(installed_notice_html_gz): $(target_notice_file_html_gz) | $(ACP)
 	$(copy-file-to-target)
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ $(RECOVERY_INSTALL_OTA_KEYS): $(OTA_PUBLIC_KEYS) $(DUMPKEY_JAR)
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	java -jar $(DUMPKEY_JAR) $(PRIVATE_OTA_PUBLIC_KEYS) > $@
 
-$(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) \
+$(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) \
 		$(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET) \
 		$(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET) \
 		$(recovery_binary) \
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ $(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) \
 	cp $(RECOVERY_INSTALL_OTA_KEYS) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/res/keys
 	cat $(INSTALLED_DEFAULT_PROP_TARGET) $(recovery_build_prop) \
 	        > $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/default.prop
-	$(MKBOOTFS) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT) | gzip > $(recovery_ramdisk)
+	$(MKBOOTFS) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT) | $(MINIGZIP) > $(recovery_ramdisk)
 	$(MKBOOTIMG) $(INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_ARGS) --output $@
 	@echo ----- Made recovery image -------- $@
 	$(hide) $(call assert-max-file-size,$@,$(BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_MAX_SIZE))
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 1ce59375ff..a5f372062d 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ AIDL := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/aidl$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 ICUDATA := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/icudata$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 SIGNAPK_JAR := $(HOST_OUT_JAVA_LIBRARIES)/signapk$(COMMON_JAVA_PACKAGE_SUFFIX)
 MKBOOTFS := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mkbootfs$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
+MINIGZIP := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/minigzip$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 MKBOOTIMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mkbootimg$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 MKYAFFS2 := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mkyaffs2image$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 APICHECK := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/apicheck$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ PREBUILT_IS_PRESENT := $(if $(wildcard prebuilt/Android.mk),true)
 # The 'current' version is whatever this source tree is.  Once the apicheck
 # tool can generate the stubs from the xml files, we'll use that to be
 # able to build back-versions.  In the meantime, 'current' is the only
-# one supported.  
+# one supported.
 #
 # sgrax     is the opposite of xargs.  It takes the list of args and puts them
 #           on each line for sort to process.