diff --git a/logd/Android.mk b/logd/Android.mk
index c00061b..f1ea29f 100644
--- a/logd/Android.mk
+++ b/logd/Android.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 LOCAL_MODULE:= logd
 
-LOCAL_INIT_RC := logd.rc
-
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
     main.cpp \
     LogCommand.cpp \
@@ -27,7 +25,8 @@
     libsysutils \
     liblog \
     libcutils \
-    libbase
+    libbase \
+    libpackagelistparser
 
 # This is what we want to do:
 #  event_logtags = $(shell \
diff --git a/logd/main.cpp b/logd/main.cpp
index 60262e9..13dda78 100644
--- a/logd/main.cpp
+++ b/logd/main.cpp
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <cstdbool>
 #include <memory>
 
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
+#include <packagelistparser/packagelistparser.h>
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 #include <utils/threads.h>
 
@@ -166,6 +168,19 @@
 static bool reinit_running = false;
 static LogBuffer *logBuf = NULL;
 
+static bool package_list_parser_cb(pkg_info *info, void * /* userdata */) {
+
+    bool rc = true;
+    if (info->uid == uid) {
+        name = strdup(info->name);
+        // false to stop processing
+        rc = false;
+    }
+
+    packagelist_free(info);
+    return rc;
+}
+
 static void *reinit_thread_start(void * /*obj*/) {
     prctl(PR_SET_NAME, "logd.daemon");
     set_sched_policy(0, SP_BACKGROUND);
@@ -180,31 +195,8 @@
         if (uid) {
             name = NULL;
 
-            FILE *fp = fopen("/data/system/packages.list", "r");
-            if (fp) {
-                // This simple parser is sensitive to format changes in
-                // frameworks/base/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/Settings.java
-                // A dependency note has been added to that file to correct
-                // this parser.
+            packagelist_parse(package_list_parser_cb, NULL);
 
-                char *buffer = NULL;
-                size_t len;
-                while (getline(&buffer, &len, fp) > 0) {
-                    char *userId = strchr(buffer, ' ');
-                    if (!userId) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    *userId = '\0';
-                    unsigned long value = strtoul(userId + 1, NULL, 10);
-                    if (value != uid) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    name = strdup(buffer);
-                    break;
-                }
-                free(buffer);
-                fclose(fp);
-            }
             uid = 0;
             sem_post(&uidName);
             continue;