diff --git a/tools/releasetools/Android.bp b/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
index bca70a9f03..c28c4dc462 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
+++ b/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
@@ -122,13 +122,15 @@ python_defaults {
         "releasetools_check_target_files_vintf",
         "releasetools_common",
         "releasetools_verity_utils",
+        "apex_manifest",
     ],
     required: [
         "brillo_update_payload",
         "checkvintf",
         "lz4",
         "toybox",
-        "unpack_bootimg"
+        "unpack_bootimg",
+        "deapexer",
     ],
     target: {
         darwin: {
@@ -169,6 +171,8 @@ python_library_host {
         "apex_utils.py",
     ],
     libs: [
+        "apex_manifest",
+        "ota_metadata_proto",
         "releasetools_common",
     ],
 }
@@ -544,6 +548,8 @@ python_defaults {
     ],
     data: [
         "testdata/**/*",
+        ":com.android.apex.compressed.v1",
+        ":com.android.apex.compressed.v1_original",
     ],
     target: {
         darwin: {
@@ -551,6 +557,9 @@ python_defaults {
             enabled: false,
         },
     },
+    required: [
+        "deapexer",
+    ],
 }
 
 python_test_host {
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/apex_utils.py b/tools/releasetools/apex_utils.py
index c8a0dcc4d3..7ccc95cb91 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/apex_utils.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/apex_utils.py
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ import shlex
 import shutil
 import zipfile
 
+import apex_manifest
 import common
+from common import UnzipTemp, RunAndCheckOutput, MakeTempFile, OPTIONS
+
+import ota_metadata_pb2
+
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ class ApexApkSigner(object):
     if not os.path.exists(self.debugfs_path):
       raise ApexSigningError(
           "Couldn't find location of debugfs_static: " +
-          "Path {} does not exist. ".format(debugfs_path) +
+          "Path {} does not exist. ".format(self.debugfs_path) +
           "Make sure bin/debugfs_static can be found in -p <path>")
     list_cmd = ['deapexer', '--debugfs_path',
                 self.debugfs_path, 'list', self.apex_path]
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ class ApexApkSigner(object):
     if not os.path.exists(self.debugfs_path):
       raise ApexSigningError(
           "Couldn't find location of debugfs_static: " +
-          "Path {} does not exist. ".format(debugfs_path) +
+          "Path {} does not exist. ".format(self.debugfs_path) +
           "Make sure bin/debugfs_static can be found in -p <path>")
     payload_dir = common.MakeTempDir()
     extract_cmd = ['deapexer', '--debugfs_path',
@@ -127,8 +132,9 @@ class ApexApkSigner(object):
       # signed apk file.
       unsigned_apk = common.MakeTempFile()
       os.rename(apk_path, unsigned_apk)
-      common.SignFile(unsigned_apk, apk_path, key_name, self.key_passwords.get(key_name),
-                      codename_to_api_level_map=self.codename_to_api_level_map)
+      common.SignFile(
+          unsigned_apk, apk_path, key_name, self.key_passwords.get(key_name),
+          codename_to_api_level_map=self.codename_to_api_level_map)
       has_signed_apk = True
     return payload_dir, has_signed_apk
 
@@ -427,4 +433,71 @@ def SignApex(avbtool, apex_data, payload_key, container_key, container_pw,
 
   except common.ExternalError as e:
     raise ApexInfoError(
-        'Failed to get type for {}:\n{}'.format(apex_file))
+        'Failed to get type for {}:\n{}'.format(apex_file, e))
+
+def GetApexInfoFromTargetFiles(input_file):
+  """
+  Get information about system APEX stored in the input_file zip
+
+  Args:
+    input_file: The filename of the target build target-files zip or directory.
+
+  Return:
+    A list of ota_metadata_pb2.ApexInfo() populated using the APEX stored in
+    /system partition of the input_file
+  """
+
+  # Extract the apex files so that we can run checks on them
+  if not isinstance(input_file, str):
+    raise RuntimeError("must pass filepath to target-files zip or directory")
+
+  if os.path.isdir(input_file):
+    tmp_dir = input_file
+  else:
+    tmp_dir = UnzipTemp(input_file, ["SYSTEM/apex/*"])
+  target_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "SYSTEM/apex/")
+
+  apex_infos = []
+  for apex_filename in os.listdir(target_dir):
+    apex_filepath = os.path.join(target_dir, apex_filename)
+    if not os.path.isfile(apex_filepath) or \
+        not zipfile.is_zipfile(apex_filepath):
+      logger.info("Skipping %s because it's not a zipfile", apex_filepath)
+      continue
+    apex_info = ota_metadata_pb2.ApexInfo()
+    # Open the apex file to retrieve information
+    manifest = apex_manifest.fromApex(apex_filepath)
+    apex_info.package_name = manifest.name
+    apex_info.version = manifest.version
+    # Check if the file is compressed or not
+    debugfs_path = "debugfs"
+    if OPTIONS.search_path:
+      debugfs_path = os.path.join(OPTIONS.search_path, "bin", "debugfs_static")
+    deapexer = 'deapexer'
+    if OPTIONS.search_path:
+      deapexer_path = os.path.join(OPTIONS.search_path, "deapexer")
+      if os.path.isfile(deapexer_path):
+        deapexer = deapexer_path
+    apex_type = RunAndCheckOutput([
+        deapexer, "--debugfs_path", debugfs_path,
+        'info', '--print-type', apex_filepath]).rstrip()
+    if apex_type == 'COMPRESSED':
+      apex_info.is_compressed = True
+    elif apex_type == 'UNCOMPRESSED':
+      apex_info.is_compressed = False
+    else:
+      raise RuntimeError('Not an APEX file: ' + apex_type)
+
+    # Decompress compressed APEX to determine its size
+    if apex_info.is_compressed:
+      decompressed_file_path = MakeTempFile(prefix="decompressed-",
+                                            suffix=".apex")
+      # Decompression target path should not exist
+      os.remove(decompressed_file_path)
+      RunAndCheckOutput([deapexer, 'decompress', '--input', apex_filepath,
+                         '--output', decompressed_file_path])
+      apex_info.decompressed_size = os.path.getsize(decompressed_file_path)
+
+    apex_infos.append(apex_info)
+
+  return apex_infos
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/ota_metadata.proto b/tools/releasetools/ota_metadata.proto
index 20d3091570..1277685a34 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/ota_metadata.proto
+++ b/tools/releasetools/ota_metadata.proto
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ message DeviceState {
   repeated PartitionState partition_state = 7;
 }
 
+message ApexInfo {
+  string package_name = 1;
+  int64 version = 2;
+  bool is_compressed = 3;
+  int64 decompressed_size = 4;
+}
+
 // The metadata of an OTA package. It contains the information of the package
 // and prerequisite to install the update correctly.
 message OtaMetadata {
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/test_ota_from_target_files.py b/tools/releasetools/test_ota_from_target_files.py
index 8bf7778a43..b556b3a8e8 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/test_ota_from_target_files.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/test_ota_from_target_files.py
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ from ota_from_target_files import (
     GetTargetFilesZipWithoutPostinstallConfig,
     Payload, PayloadSigner, POSTINSTALL_CONFIG,
     StreamingPropertyFiles, AB_PARTITIONS)
+from apex_utils import GetApexInfoFromTargetFiles
 from test_utils import PropertyFilesTestCase
 
 
-def construct_target_files(secondary=False):
+def construct_target_files(secondary=False, compressedApex=False):
   """Returns a target-files.zip file for generating OTA packages."""
   target_files = common.MakeTempFile(prefix='target_files-', suffix='.zip')
   with zipfile.ZipFile(target_files, 'w', allowZip64=True) as target_files_zip:
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ def construct_target_files(secondary=False):
       target_files_zip.writestr('IMAGES/system_other.img',
                                 os.urandom(len("system_other")))
 
+    if compressedApex:
+      apex_file_name = 'com.android.apex.compressed.v1.capex'
+      apex_file = os.path.join(test_utils.get_current_dir(), apex_file_name)
+      target_files_zip.write(apex_file, 'SYSTEM/apex/' + apex_file_name)
+
   return target_files
 
 
@@ -274,6 +280,21 @@ class OtaFromTargetFilesTest(test_utils.ReleaseToolsTestCase):
         },
         metadata)
 
+  @test_utils.SkipIfExternalToolsUnavailable()
+  def test_GetApexInfoFromTargetFiles(self):
+    target_files = construct_target_files(compressedApex=True)
+    apex_infos = GetApexInfoFromTargetFiles(target_files)
+    self.assertEqual(len(apex_infos), 1)
+    self.assertEqual(apex_infos[0].package_name, "com.android.apex.compressed")
+    self.assertEqual(apex_infos[0].version, 1)
+    self.assertEqual(apex_infos[0].is_compressed, True)
+    # Compare the decompressed APEX size with the original uncompressed APEX
+    original_apex_name = 'com.android.apex.compressed.v1_original.apex'
+    original_apex_filepath = os.path.join(test_utils.get_current_dir(), original_apex_name)
+    uncompressed_apex_size = os.path.getsize(original_apex_filepath)
+    self.assertEqual(apex_infos[0].decompressed_size, uncompressed_apex_size)
+
+
   def test_GetPackageMetadata_retrofitDynamicPartitions(self):
     target_info = common.BuildInfo(self.TEST_TARGET_INFO_DICT, None)
     common.OPTIONS.retrofit_dynamic_partitions = True
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/test_utils.py b/tools/releasetools/test_utils.py
index ccd97a938d..808b392015 100755
--- a/tools/releasetools/test_utils.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/test_utils.py
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ def get_testdata_dir():
   current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
   return os.path.join(current_dir, 'testdata')
 
+def get_current_dir():
+  """Returns the current dir, relative to the script dir."""
+  # The script dir is the one we want, which could be different from pwd.
+  current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+  return current_dir
 
 def get_search_path():
   """Returns the search path that has 'framework/signapk.jar' under."""