diff --git a/ext4_utils/Android.mk b/ext4_utils/Android.mk
index ab0f26b..9b0dc1b 100644
--- a/ext4_utils/Android.mk
+++ b/ext4_utils/Android.mk
@@ -150,3 +150,13 @@
 LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE := true
 
 include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
+
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_MODULE := simg_dump.py
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := debug
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := simg_dump.py
+LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := EXECUTABLES
+LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE := true
+
+include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
diff --git a/ext4_utils/simg_dump.py b/ext4_utils/simg_dump.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6ece31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext4_utils/simg_dump.py
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright (C) 2012 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.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import getopt, posixpath, signal, struct, sys
+
+def usage(argv0):
+  print("""
+Usage: %s [-v] sparse_image_file ...
+ -v             verbose output
+""" % ( argv0 ))
+  sys.exit(2)
+
+def main():
+
+  signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal.SIG_DFL)
+
+  me = posixpath.basename(sys.argv[0])
+
+  # Parse the command line
+  verbose = 0			# -v
+  try:
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],
+                               "v",
+                               ["verbose"])
+  except getopt.GetoptError, e:
+    print(e)
+    usage(me)
+  for o, a in opts:
+    if o in ("-v", "--verbose"):
+      verbose += 1
+    else:
+      print("Unrecognized option \"%s\"" % (o))
+      usage(me)
+
+  if len(args) == 0:
+    print("No sparse_image_file specified")
+    usage(me)
+
+  for path in args:
+    FH = open(path, 'rb')
+    header_bin = FH.read(28)
+    header = struct.unpack("<I4H4I", header_bin)
+
+    magic = header[0]
+    major_version = header[1]
+    minor_version = header[2]
+    file_hdr_sz = header[3]
+    chunk_hdr_sz = header[4]
+    blk_sz = header[5]
+    total_blks = header[6]
+    total_chunks = header[7]
+    image_checksum = header[8]
+
+    if magic != 0xED26FF3A:
+      print("%s: %s: Magic should be 0xED26FF3A but is 0x%08X"
+            % (me, path, magic))
+      continue
+    if major_version != 1 or minor_version != 0:
+      print("%s: %s: I only know about version 1.0, but this is version %u.%u"
+            % (me, path, major_version, minor_version))
+      continue
+    if file_hdr_sz != 28:
+      print("%s: %s: The file header size was expected to be 28, but is %u."
+            % (me, path, file_hdr_sz))
+      continue
+    if chunk_hdr_sz != 12:
+      print("%s: %s: The chunk header size was expected to be 12, but is %u."
+            % (me, path, chunk_hdr_sz))
+      continue
+
+    print("%s: Total of %u %u-byte output blocks in %u input chunks."
+          % (path, total_blks, blk_sz, total_chunks))
+
+    if image_checksum != 0:
+      print("checksum=0x%08X" % (image_checksum))
+
+    if not verbose:
+      continue
+    print("            input_bytes      output_blocks")
+    print("chunk    offset     number  offset  number")
+    offset = 0
+    for i in xrange(1,total_chunks+1):
+      header_bin = FH.read(12)
+      header = struct.unpack("<2H2I", header_bin)
+      chunk_type = header[0]
+      reserved1 = header[1]
+      chunk_sz = header[2]
+      total_sz = header[3]
+      data_sz = total_sz - 12
+
+      print("%4u %10u %10u %7u %7u" % (i, FH.tell(), data_sz, offset, chunk_sz),
+            end=" ")
+
+      if chunk_type == 0xCAC1:
+        if data_sz != (chunk_sz * blk_sz):
+          print("Raw chunk input size (%u) does not match output size (%u)"
+                % (data_sz, chunk_sz * blk_sz))
+          break;
+        else:
+          print("Raw data", end="")
+          FH.read(data_sz)
+      elif chunk_type == 0xCAC2:
+        if data_sz != 4:
+          print("Fill chunk should have 4 bytes of fill, but this has %u"
+                % (data_sz), end="")
+          break;
+        else:
+          fill_bin = FH.read(4)
+          fill = struct.unpack("<I", fill_bin)
+          print("Fill with 0x%08X" % (fill))
+      elif chunk_type == 0xCAC3:
+        if data_sz != 0:
+          print("Don't care chunk input size is non-zero (%u)" % (data_sz))
+          break;
+        else:
+          print("Don't care", end="")
+      elif chunk_type == 0xCAC4:
+        if data_sz != 4:
+          print("CRC32 chunk should have 4 bytes of CRC, but this has %u"
+                % (data_sz), end="")
+          break;
+        else:
+          crc_bin = FH.read(4)
+          crc = struct.unpack("<I", crc)
+          print("Unverified CRC32 0x%08X" % (crc))
+      else:
+          print("Unknown chunk type 0x%04X" % (chunk_type), end="")
+          break;
+
+      if verbose > 1:
+        header = struct.unpack("<12B", header_bin)
+        print(" (%02X%02X %02X%02X %02X%02X%02X%02X %02X%02X%02X%02X)"
+              % (header[0], header[1], header[2], header[3],
+                 header[4], header[5], header[6], header[7],
+                 header[8], header[9], header[10], header[11]))
+      else:
+        print()
+
+      offset += chunk_sz
+
+    print("     %10u            %7u         End" % (FH.tell(), offset))
+
+    if total_blks != offset:
+      print("The header said we should have %u output blocks, but we saw %u"
+            % (total_blks, offset))
+
+    junk_len = len(FH.read())
+    if junk_len:
+      print("There were %u bytes of extra data at the end of the file."
+            % (junk_len))
+
+  sys.exit(0)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  main()