diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Process.java b/core/java/android/os/Process.java
index f85df6c..d475f36 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Process.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Process.java
@@ -634,6 +634,20 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns the parent process id for a currently running process.
+     * @param pid the process id
+     * @return the parent process id of the process, or -1 if the process is not running.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int getParentPid(int pid) {
+        String[] procStatusLabels = { "PPid:" };
+        long[] procStatusValues = new long[1];
+        procStatusValues[0] = -1;
+        Process.readProcLines("/proc/" + pid + "/status", procStatusLabels, procStatusValues);
+        return (int) procStatusValues[0];
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Set the priority of a thread, based on Linux priorities.
      * 
      * @param tid The identifier of the thread/process to change.
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
index 0f086f6..5e9cd23 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.logging.LogManager;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@
  */
 public class RuntimeInit {
     private final static String TAG = "AndroidRuntime";
+    private final static boolean DEBUG = false;
 
     /** true if commonInit() has been called */
     private static boolean initialized;
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@
     }
 
     private static final void commonInit() {
-        if (false) Slog.d(TAG, "Entered RuntimeInit!");
+        if (DEBUG) Slog.d(TAG, "Entered RuntimeInit!");
 
         /* set default handler; this applies to all threads in the VM */
         Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new UncaughtHandler());
 
         int hasQwerty = getQwertyKeyboard();
 
-        if (false) Slog.d(TAG, ">>>>> qwerty keyboard = " + hasQwerty);
+        if (DEBUG) Slog.d(TAG, ">>>>> qwerty keyboard = " + hasQwerty);
         if (hasQwerty == 1) {
             System.setProperty("qwerty", "1");
         }
@@ -183,11 +183,6 @@
      */
     private static void invokeStaticMain(String className, String[] argv)
             throws ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller {
-
-        // We want to be fairly aggressive about heap utilization, to avoid
-        // holding on to a lot of memory that isn't needed.
-        VMRuntime.getRuntime().setTargetHeapUtilization(0.75f);
-
         Class<?> cl;
 
         try {
@@ -225,6 +220,13 @@
     }
 
     public static final void main(String[] argv) {
+        if (argv.length == 2 && argv[1].equals("application")) {
+            if (DEBUG) Slog.d(TAG, "RuntimeInit: Starting application");
+            redirectLogStreams();
+        } else {
+            if (DEBUG) Slog.d(TAG, "RuntimeInit: Starting tool");
+        }
+
         commonInit();
 
         /*
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@
          */
         finishInit();
 
-        if (false) Slog.d(TAG, "Leaving RuntimeInit!");
+        if (DEBUG) Slog.d(TAG, "Leaving RuntimeInit!");
     }
 
     public static final native void finishInit();
@@ -245,7 +247,6 @@
      *
      * Current recognized args:
      * <ul>
-     *   <li> --nice-name=<i>nice name to appear in ps</i>
      *   <li> <code> [--] &lt;start class name&gt;  &lt;args&gt;
      * </ul>
      *
@@ -253,45 +254,60 @@
      */
     public static final void zygoteInit(String[] argv)
             throws ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller {
-        // TODO: Doing this here works, but it seems kind of arbitrary. Find
-        // a better place. The goal is to set it up for applications, but not
-        // tools like am.
-        System.out.close();
-        System.setOut(new AndroidPrintStream(Log.INFO, "System.out"));
-        System.err.close();
-        System.setErr(new AndroidPrintStream(Log.WARN, "System.err"));
+        if (DEBUG) Slog.d(TAG, "RuntimeInit: Starting application from zygote");
+
+        redirectLogStreams();
 
         commonInit();
         zygoteInitNative();
 
-        int curArg = 0;
-        for ( /* curArg */ ; curArg < argv.length; curArg++) {
-            String arg = argv[curArg];
+        applicationInit(argv);
+    }
 
-            if (arg.equals("--")) {
-                curArg++;
-                break;
-            } else if (!arg.startsWith("--")) {
-                break;
-            } else if (arg.startsWith("--nice-name=")) {
-                String niceName = arg.substring(arg.indexOf('=') + 1);
-                Process.setArgV0(niceName);
-            }
-        }
+    /**
+     * The main function called when an application is started through a
+     * wrapper process.
+     *
+     * When the wrapper starts, the runtime starts {@link RuntimeInit#main}
+     * which calls {@link WrapperInit#main} which then calls this method.
+     * So we don't need to call commonInit() here.
+     *
+     * @param argv arg strings
+     */
+    public static void wrapperInit(String[] argv)
+            throws ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller {
+        if (DEBUG) Slog.d(TAG, "RuntimeInit: Starting application from wrapper");
 
-        if (curArg == argv.length) {
-            Slog.e(TAG, "Missing classname argument to RuntimeInit!");
+        applicationInit(argv);
+    }
+
+    private static void applicationInit(String[] argv)
+            throws ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller {
+        // We want to be fairly aggressive about heap utilization, to avoid
+        // holding on to a lot of memory that isn't needed.
+        VMRuntime.getRuntime().setTargetHeapUtilization(0.75f);
+
+        final Arguments args;
+        try {
+            args = new Arguments(argv);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+            Slog.e(TAG, ex.getMessage());
             // let the process exit
             return;
         }
 
         // Remaining arguments are passed to the start class's static main
+        invokeStaticMain(args.startClass, args.startArgs);
+    }
 
-        String startClass = argv[curArg++];
-        String[] startArgs = new String[argv.length - curArg];
-
-        System.arraycopy(argv, curArg, startArgs, 0, startArgs.length);
-        invokeStaticMain(startClass, startArgs);
+    /**
+     * Redirect System.out and System.err to the Android log.
+     */
+    public static void redirectLogStreams() {
+        System.out.close();
+        System.setOut(new AndroidPrintStream(Log.INFO, "System.out"));
+        System.err.close();
+        System.setErr(new AndroidPrintStream(Log.WARN, "System.err"));
     }
 
     public static final native void zygoteInitNative();
@@ -351,4 +367,55 @@
         // Register handlers for DDM messages.
         android.ddm.DdmRegister.registerHandlers();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Handles argument parsing for args related to the runtime.
+     *
+     * Current recognized args:
+     * <ul>
+     *   <li> <code> [--] &lt;start class name&gt;  &lt;args&gt;
+     * </ul>
+     */
+    static class Arguments {
+        /** first non-option argument */
+        String startClass;
+
+        /** all following arguments */
+        String[] startArgs;
+
+        /**
+         * Constructs instance and parses args
+         * @param args runtime command-line args
+         * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+         */
+        Arguments(String args[]) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+            parseArgs(args);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Parses the commandline arguments intended for the Runtime.
+         */
+        private void parseArgs(String args[])
+                throws IllegalArgumentException {
+            int curArg = 0;
+            for (; curArg < args.length; curArg++) {
+                String arg = args[curArg];
+
+                if (arg.equals("--")) {
+                    curArg++;
+                    break;
+                } else if (!arg.startsWith("--")) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (curArg == args.length) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing classname argument to RuntimeInit!");
+            }
+
+            startClass = args[curArg++];
+            startArgs = new String[args.length - curArg];
+            System.arraycopy(args, curArg, startArgs, 0, startArgs.length);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WrapperInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WrapperInit.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d6caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WrapperInit.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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.
+ */
+
+package com.android.internal.os;
+
+import android.os.Process;
+import android.util.Slog;
+
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import libcore.io.IoUtils;
+import libcore.io.Libcore;
+
+import dalvik.system.Zygote;
+
+/**
+ * Startup class for the wrapper process.
+ * @hide
+ */
+public class WrapperInit {
+    private final static String TAG = "AndroidRuntime";
+
+    /**
+     * Class not instantiable.
+     */
+    private WrapperInit() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The main function called when starting a runtime application through a
+     * wrapper process instead of by forking Zygote.
+     *
+     * The first argument specifies the file descriptor for a pipe that should receive
+     * the pid of this process, or 0 if none.  The remaining arguments are passed to
+     * the runtime.
+     *
+     * @param args The command-line arguments.
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        try {
+            int fdNum = Integer.parseInt(args[0], 10);
+            if (fdNum != 0) {
+                try {
+                    FileDescriptor fd = ZygoteInit.createFileDescriptor(fdNum);
+                    DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(fd));
+                    os.writeInt(Process.myPid());
+                    os.close();
+                    IoUtils.closeQuietly(fd);
+                } catch (IOException ex) {
+                    Slog.d(TAG, "Could not write pid of wrapped process to Zygote pipe.", ex);
+                }
+            }
+
+            String[] runtimeArgs = new String[args.length - 1];
+            System.arraycopy(args, 1, runtimeArgs, 0, runtimeArgs.length);
+            RuntimeInit.wrapperInit(runtimeArgs);
+        } catch (ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller caller) {
+            caller.run();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a runtime application with a wrapper command.
+     * This method never returns.
+     *
+     * @param invokeWith The wrapper command.
+     * @param niceName The nice name for the application, or null if none.
+     * @param pipeFd The pipe to which the application's pid should be written, or null if none.
+     * @param args Arguments for {@link RuntimeInit.main}.
+     */
+    public static void execApplication(String invokeWith, String niceName,
+            FileDescriptor pipeFd, String[] args) {
+        StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder(invokeWith);
+        command.append(" /system/bin/app_process /system/bin --application");
+        if (niceName != null) {
+            command.append(" '--nice-name=").append(niceName).append("'");
+        }
+        command.append(" com.android.internal.os.WrapperInit ");
+        command.append(pipeFd != null ? pipeFd.getInt$() : 0);
+        Zygote.appendQuotedShellArgs(command, args);
+        Zygote.execShell(command.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a standalone application with a wrapper command.
+     * This method never returns.
+     *
+     * @param invokeWith The wrapper command.
+     * @param classPath The class path.
+     * @param className The class name to invoke.
+     * @param args Arguments for the main() method of the specified class.
+     */
+    public static void execStandalone(String invokeWith, String classPath, String className,
+            String[] args) {
+        StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder(invokeWith);
+        command.append(" /system/bin/dalvikvm -classpath '").append(classPath);
+        command.append("' ").append(className);
+        Zygote.appendQuotedShellArgs(command, args);
+        Zygote.execShell(command.toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
index c473fd2..b872e22 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
@@ -26,14 +26,20 @@
 import dalvik.system.Zygote;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
+import libcore.io.ErrnoException;
+import libcore.io.IoUtils;
+import libcore.io.Libcore;
+
 /**
  * A connection that can make spawn requests.
  */
@@ -193,15 +199,20 @@
                     new FileOutputStream(descriptors[2]));
         }
 
-        int pid;
+        int pid = -1;
+        FileDescriptor childPipeFd = null;
+        FileDescriptor serverPipeFd = null;
 
         try {
             parsedArgs = new Arguments(args);
 
             applyUidSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer);
-            applyDebuggerSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs);
             applyRlimitSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer);
             applyCapabilitiesSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer);
+            applyInvokeWithSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer);
+
+            applyDebuggerSystemProperty(parsedArgs);
+            applyInvokeWithSystemProperty(parsedArgs);
 
             int[][] rlimits = null;
 
@@ -209,25 +220,45 @@
                 rlimits = parsedArgs.rlimits.toArray(intArray2d);
             }
 
+            if (parsedArgs.runtimeInit && parsedArgs.invokeWith != null) {
+                FileDescriptor[] pipeFds = Libcore.os.pipe();
+                childPipeFd = pipeFds[1];
+                serverPipeFd = pipeFds[0];
+                ZygoteInit.setCloseOnExec(serverPipeFd, true);
+            }
+
             pid = Zygote.forkAndSpecialize(parsedArgs.uid, parsedArgs.gid,
                     parsedArgs.gids, parsedArgs.debugFlags, rlimits);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            logAndPrintError(newStderr, "Exception creating pipe", ex);
+        } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
+            logAndPrintError(newStderr, "Exception creating pipe", ex);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-            logAndPrintError (newStderr, "Invalid zygote arguments", ex);
-            pid = -1;
+            logAndPrintError(newStderr, "Invalid zygote arguments", ex);
         } catch (ZygoteSecurityException ex) {
             logAndPrintError(newStderr,
                     "Zygote security policy prevents request: ", ex);
-            pid = -1;
         }
 
-        if (pid == 0) {
-            // in child
-            handleChildProc(parsedArgs, descriptors, newStderr);
-            // should never happen
-            return true;
-        } else { /* pid != 0 */
-            // in parent...pid of < 0 means failure
-            return handleParentProc(pid, descriptors, parsedArgs);
+        try {
+            if (pid == 0) {
+                // in child
+                IoUtils.closeQuietly(serverPipeFd);
+                serverPipeFd = null;
+                handleChildProc(parsedArgs, descriptors, childPipeFd, newStderr);
+
+                // should never get here, the child is expected to either
+                // throw ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller or exec().
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                // in parent...pid of < 0 means failure
+                IoUtils.closeQuietly(childPipeFd);
+                childPipeFd = null;
+                return handleParentProc(pid, descriptors, serverPipeFd, parsedArgs);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            IoUtils.closeQuietly(childPipeFd);
+            IoUtils.closeQuietly(serverPipeFd);
         }
     }
 
@@ -244,8 +275,8 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Handles argument parsing for args related to the zygote spawner.<p>
-
+     * Handles argument parsing for args related to the zygote spawner.
+     *
      * Current recognized args:
      * <ul>
      *   <li> --setuid=<i>uid of child process, defaults to 0</i>
@@ -274,6 +305,7 @@
      * be handed off to com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit, rather than
      * processed directly
      * Android runtime startup (eg, Binder initialization) is also eschewed.
+     *   <li> --nice-name=<i>nice name to appear in ps</i>
      *   <li> If <code>--runtime-init</code> is present:
      *      [--] &lt;args for RuntimeInit &gt;
      *   <li> If <code>--runtime-init</code> is absent:
@@ -307,6 +339,9 @@
         /** from --runtime-init */
         boolean runtimeInit;
 
+        /** from --nice-name */
+        String niceName;
+
         /** from --capabilities */
         boolean capabilitiesSpecified;
         long permittedCapabilities;
@@ -315,6 +350,9 @@
         /** from all --rlimit=r,c,m */
         ArrayList<int[]> rlimits;
 
+        /** from --invoke-with */
+        String invokeWith;
+
         /**
          * Any args after and including the first non-option arg
          * (or after a '--')
@@ -438,6 +476,23 @@
                     for (int i = params.length - 1; i >= 0 ; i--) {
                         gids[i] = Integer.parseInt(params[i]);
                     }
+                } else if (arg.equals("--invoke-with")) {
+                    if (invokeWith != null) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                                "Duplicate arg specified");
+                    }
+                    try {
+                        invokeWith = args[++curArg];
+                    } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ex) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                                "--invoke-with requires argument");
+                    }
+                } else if (arg.startsWith("--nice-name=")) {
+                    if (niceName != null) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                                "Duplicate arg specified");
+                    }
+                    niceName = arg.substring(arg.indexOf('=') + 1);
                 } else {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -567,14 +622,15 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Applies debugger security policy.
+     * Applies debugger system properties to the zygote arguments.
+     *
      * If "ro.debuggable" is "1", all apps are debuggable. Otherwise,
      * the debugger state is specified via the "--enable-debugger" flag
      * in the spawn request.
      *
      * @param args non-null; zygote spawner args
      */
-    private static void applyDebuggerSecurityPolicy(Arguments args) {
+    public static void applyDebuggerSystemProperty(Arguments args) {
         if ("1".equals(SystemProperties.get("ro.debuggable"))) {
             args.debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_DEBUGGER;
         }
@@ -664,12 +720,56 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Applies zygote security policy.
+     * Based on the credentials of the process issuing a zygote command:
+     * <ol>
+     * <li> uid 0 (root) may specify --invoke-with to launch Zygote with a
+     * wrapper command.
+     * <li> Any other uid may not specify any invoke-with argument.
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param args non-null; zygote spawner arguments
+     * @param peer non-null; peer credentials
+     * @throws ZygoteSecurityException
+     */
+    private static void applyInvokeWithSecurityPolicy(Arguments args, Credentials peer)
+            throws ZygoteSecurityException {
+        int peerUid = peer.getUid();
+
+        if (args.invokeWith != null && peerUid != 0) {
+            throw new ZygoteSecurityException("Peer is not permitted to specify "
+                    + "an explicit invoke-with wrapper command");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies invoke-with system properties to the zygote arguments.
+     *
+     * @param parsedArgs non-null; zygote args
+     */
+    public static void applyInvokeWithSystemProperty(Arguments args) {
+        if (args.invokeWith == null && args.niceName != null) {
+            if (args.niceName != null) {
+                String property = "wrap." + args.niceName;
+                if (property.length() > 31) {
+                    property = property.substring(0, 31);
+                }
+                args.invokeWith = SystemProperties.get(property);
+                if (args.invokeWith != null && args.invokeWith.length() == 0) {
+                    args.invokeWith = null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Handles post-fork setup of child proc, closing sockets as appropriate,
      * reopen stdio as appropriate, and ultimately throwing MethodAndArgsCaller
      * if successful or returning if failed.
      *
      * @param parsedArgs non-null; zygote args
      * @param descriptors null-ok; new file descriptors for stdio if available.
+     * @param pipeFd null-ok; pipe for communication back to Zygote.
      * @param newStderr null-ok; stream to use for stderr until stdio
      * is reopened.
      *
@@ -677,7 +777,7 @@
      * trampoline to code that invokes static main.
      */
     private void handleChildProc(Arguments parsedArgs,
-            FileDescriptor[] descriptors, PrintStream newStderr)
+            FileDescriptor[] descriptors, FileDescriptor pipeFd, PrintStream newStderr)
             throws ZygoteInit.MethodAndArgsCaller {
 
         /*
@@ -704,7 +804,7 @@
                         descriptors[1], descriptors[2]);
 
                 for (FileDescriptor fd: descriptors) {
-                    ZygoteInit.closeDescriptor(fd);
+                    IoUtils.closeQuietly(fd);
                 }
                 newStderr = System.err;
             } catch (IOException ex) {
@@ -712,37 +812,48 @@
             }
         }
 
+        if (parsedArgs.niceName != null) {
+            Process.setArgV0(parsedArgs.niceName);
+        }
+
         if (parsedArgs.runtimeInit) {
-            RuntimeInit.zygoteInit(parsedArgs.remainingArgs);
-        } else {
-            ClassLoader cloader;
-
-            if (parsedArgs.classpath != null) {
-                cloader
-                    = new PathClassLoader(parsedArgs.classpath,
-                    ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
+            if (parsedArgs.invokeWith != null) {
+                WrapperInit.execApplication(parsedArgs.invokeWith,
+                        parsedArgs.niceName, pipeFd, parsedArgs.remainingArgs);
             } else {
-                cloader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
+                RuntimeInit.zygoteInit(parsedArgs.remainingArgs);
             }
-
+        } else {
             String className;
             try {
                 className = parsedArgs.remainingArgs[0];
             } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ex) {
-                logAndPrintError (newStderr,
+                logAndPrintError(newStderr,
                         "Missing required class name argument", null);
                 return;
             }
-            String[] mainArgs
-                    = new String[parsedArgs.remainingArgs.length - 1];
 
+            String[] mainArgs = new String[parsedArgs.remainingArgs.length - 1];
             System.arraycopy(parsedArgs.remainingArgs, 1,
                     mainArgs, 0, mainArgs.length);
 
-            try {
-                ZygoteInit.invokeStaticMain(cloader, className, mainArgs);
-            } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
-                logAndPrintError (newStderr, "Error starting. ", ex);
+            if (parsedArgs.invokeWith != null) {
+                WrapperInit.execStandalone(parsedArgs.invokeWith,
+                        parsedArgs.classpath, className, mainArgs);
+            } else {
+                ClassLoader cloader;
+                if (parsedArgs.classpath != null) {
+                    cloader = new PathClassLoader(parsedArgs.classpath,
+                            ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
+                } else {
+                    cloader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
+                }
+
+                try {
+                    ZygoteInit.invokeStaticMain(cloader, className, mainArgs);
+                } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+                    logAndPrintError(newStderr, "Error starting.", ex);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -754,36 +865,54 @@
      * if &lt; 0;
      * @param descriptors null-ok; file descriptors for child's new stdio if
      * specified.
+     * @param pipeFd null-ok; pipe for communication with child.
      * @param parsedArgs non-null; zygote args
      * @return true for "exit command loop" and false for "continue command
      * loop"
      */
     private boolean handleParentProc(int pid,
-            FileDescriptor[] descriptors, Arguments parsedArgs) {
+            FileDescriptor[] descriptors, FileDescriptor pipeFd, Arguments parsedArgs) {
 
-        if(pid > 0) {
-            // Try to move the new child into the peer's process group.
-            try {
-                ZygoteInit.setpgid(pid, ZygoteInit.getpgid(peer.getPid()));
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                // This exception is expected in the case where
-                // the peer is not in our session
-                // TODO get rid of this log message in the case where
-                // getsid(0) != getsid(peer.getPid())
-                Log.i(TAG, "Zygote: setpgid failed. This is "
-                    + "normal if peer is not in our session");
+        if (pid > 0) {
+            setChildPgid(pid);
+        }
+
+        if (descriptors != null) {
+            for (FileDescriptor fd: descriptors) {
+                IoUtils.closeQuietly(fd);
             }
         }
 
-        try {
-            if (descriptors != null) {
-                for (FileDescriptor fd: descriptors) {
-                    ZygoteInit.closeDescriptor(fd);
+        if (pipeFd != null && pid > 0) {
+            DataInputStream is = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(pipeFd));
+            int innerPid = -1;
+            try {
+                innerPid = is.readInt();
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                Log.w(TAG, "Error reading pid from wrapped process, child may have died", ex);
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    is.close();
+                } catch (IOException ex) {
                 }
             }
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "Error closing passed descriptors in "
-                    + "parent process", ex);
+
+            // Ensure that the pid reported by the wrapped process is either the
+            // child process that we forked, or a descendant of it.
+            if (innerPid > 0) {
+                int parentPid = innerPid;
+                while (parentPid > 0 && parentPid != pid) {
+                    parentPid = Process.getParentPid(parentPid);
+                }
+                if (parentPid > 0) {
+                    Log.i(TAG, "Wrapped process has pid " + innerPid);
+                    pid = innerPid;
+                } else {
+                    Log.w(TAG, "Wrapped process reported a pid that is not a child of "
+                            + "the process that we forked: childPid=" + pid
+                            + " innerPid=" + innerPid);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         try {
@@ -808,6 +937,20 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    private void setChildPgid(int pid) {
+        // Try to move the new child into the peer's process group.
+        try {
+            ZygoteInit.setpgid(pid, ZygoteInit.getpgid(peer.getPid()));
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            // This exception is expected in the case where
+            // the peer is not in our session
+            // TODO get rid of this log message in the case where
+            // getsid(0) != getsid(peer.getPid())
+            Log.i(TAG, "Zygote: setpgid failed. This is "
+                + "normal if peer is not in our session");
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Logs an error message and prints it to the specified stream, if
      * provided
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
index fbe66e5..157c0bf 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import android.net.LocalServerSocket;
 import android.os.Debug;
 import android.os.FileUtils;
+import android.os.Process;
 import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
 import android.util.EventLog;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
     private static final int PRELOAD_GC_THRESHOLD = 50000;
 
     public static final String USAGE_STRING =
-            " <\"true\"|\"false\" for startSystemServer>";
+            " <\"start-system-server\"|\"\" for startSystemServer>";
 
     private static LocalServerSocket sServerSocket;
 
@@ -441,11 +442,20 @@
         // set umask to 0077 so new files and directories will default to owner-only permissions.
         FileUtils.setUMask(FileUtils.S_IRWXG | FileUtils.S_IRWXO);
 
-        /*
-         * Pass the remaining arguments to SystemServer.
-         * "--nice-name=system_server com.android.server.SystemServer"
-         */
-        RuntimeInit.zygoteInit(parsedArgs.remainingArgs);
+        if (parsedArgs.niceName != null) {
+            Process.setArgV0(parsedArgs.niceName);
+        }
+
+        if (parsedArgs.invokeWith != null) {
+            WrapperInit.execApplication(parsedArgs.invokeWith,
+                    parsedArgs.niceName, null, parsedArgs.remainingArgs);
+        } else {
+            /*
+             * Pass the remaining arguments to SystemServer.
+             */
+            RuntimeInit.zygoteInit(parsedArgs.remainingArgs);
+        }
+
         /* should never reach here */
     }
 
@@ -470,20 +480,13 @@
 
         try {
             parsedArgs = new ZygoteConnection.Arguments(args);
-
-            /*
-             * Enable debugging of the system process if *either* the command line flags
-             * indicate it should be debuggable or the ro.debuggable system property
-             * is set to "1"
-             */
-            int debugFlags = parsedArgs.debugFlags;
-            if ("1".equals(SystemProperties.get("ro.debuggable")))
-                debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_DEBUGGER;
+            ZygoteConnection.applyDebuggerSystemProperty(parsedArgs);
+            ZygoteConnection.applyInvokeWithSystemProperty(parsedArgs);
 
             /* Request to fork the system server process */
             pid = Zygote.forkSystemServer(
                     parsedArgs.uid, parsedArgs.gid,
-                    parsedArgs.gids, debugFlags, null,
+                    parsedArgs.gids, parsedArgs.debugFlags, null,
                     parsedArgs.permittedCapabilities,
                     parsedArgs.effectiveCapabilities);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
@@ -522,9 +525,9 @@
                 throw new RuntimeException(argv[0] + USAGE_STRING);
             }
 
-            if (argv[1].equals("true")) {
+            if (argv[1].equals("start-system-server")) {
                 startSystemServer();
-            } else if (!argv[1].equals("false")) {
+            } else if (!argv[1].equals("")) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(argv[0] + USAGE_STRING);
             }
 
@@ -696,15 +699,6 @@
             FileDescriptor out, FileDescriptor err) throws IOException;
 
     /**
-     * Calls close() on a file descriptor
-     *
-     * @param fd descriptor to close
-     * @throws IOException
-     */
-    static native void closeDescriptor(FileDescriptor fd)
-            throws IOException;
-
-    /**
      * Toggles the close-on-exec flag for the specified file descriptor.
      *
      * @param fd non-null; file descriptor
diff --git a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
index b787e9f..e610640 100644
--- a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
@@ -808,8 +808,11 @@
  * Start the Android runtime.  This involves starting the virtual machine
  * and calling the "static void main(String[] args)" method in the class
  * named by "className".
+ *
+ * Passes the main function two arguments, the class name and the specified
+ * options string.
  */
-void AndroidRuntime::start(const char* className, const bool startSystemServer)
+void AndroidRuntime::start(const char* className, const char* options)
 {
     LOGD("\n>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START %s <<<<<<\n",
             className != NULL ? className : "(unknown)");
@@ -820,7 +823,7 @@
      * 'startSystemServer == true' means runtime is obsolete and not run from
      * init.rc anymore, so we print out the boot start event here.
      */
-    if (startSystemServer) {
+    if (strcmp(options, "start-system-server") == 0) {
         /* track our progress through the boot sequence */
         const int LOG_BOOT_PROGRESS_START = 3000;
         LOG_EVENT_LONG(LOG_BOOT_PROGRESS_START,
@@ -857,13 +860,13 @@
 
     /*
      * We want to call main() with a String array with arguments in it.
-     * At present we only have one argument, the class name.  Create an
-     * array to hold it.
+     * At present we have two arguments, the class name and an option string.
+     * Create an array to hold them.
      */
     jclass stringClass;
     jobjectArray strArray;
     jstring classNameStr;
-    jstring startSystemServerStr;
+    jstring optionsStr;
 
     stringClass = env->FindClass("java/lang/String");
     assert(stringClass != NULL);
@@ -872,9 +875,8 @@
     classNameStr = env->NewStringUTF(className);
     assert(classNameStr != NULL);
     env->SetObjectArrayElement(strArray, 0, classNameStr);
-    startSystemServerStr = env->NewStringUTF(startSystemServer ?
-                                                 "true" : "false");
-    env->SetObjectArrayElement(strArray, 1, startSystemServerStr);
+    optionsStr = env->NewStringUTF(options);
+    env->SetObjectArrayElement(strArray, 1, optionsStr);
 
     /*
      * Start VM.  This thread becomes the main thread of the VM, and will
@@ -909,12 +911,6 @@
         LOGW("Warning: VM did not shut down cleanly\n");
 }
 
-void AndroidRuntime::start()
-{
-    start("com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit",
-        false /* Don't start the system server */);
-}
-
 void AndroidRuntime::onExit(int code)
 {
     LOGV("AndroidRuntime onExit calling exit(%d)", code);
diff --git a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit.cpp b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit.cpp
index e627e4a..86fd9cb 100644
--- a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit.cpp
@@ -131,28 +131,6 @@
     } while (err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
 }
 
-static void com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_closeDescriptor(JNIEnv* env,
-        jobject clazz, jobject descriptor)
-{
-    int fd;
-    int err;
-
-    fd = jniGetFDFromFileDescriptor(env, descriptor);
-
-    if  (env->ExceptionOccurred() != NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    do {
-        err = close(fd);
-    } while (err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-    if (err < 0) {
-        jniThrowIOException(env, errno);
-        return;
-    }
-}
-
 static void com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_setCloseOnExec (JNIEnv *env,
     jobject clazz, jobject descriptor, jboolean flag)
 {
@@ -332,8 +310,6 @@
         "(Ljava/io/FileDescriptor;Ljava/io/FileDescriptor;"
         "Ljava/io/FileDescriptor;)V",
             (void *) com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_reopenStdio},
-    { "closeDescriptor", "(Ljava/io/FileDescriptor;)V",
-        (void *) com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_closeDescriptor},
     { "setCloseOnExec", "(Ljava/io/FileDescriptor;Z)V",
         (void *)  com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_setCloseOnExec},
     { "setCapabilities", "(JJ)V",