diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/APKBUILD b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd07925b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+pkgname=postmarketos-android-recovery-installer
+pkgver=0.0.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="TWRP compatible postmarketOS installer script"
+url="https://github.com/postmarketOS"
+# multipath-tools: kpartx
+depends="busybox-extras lddtree cryptsetup multipath-tools device-mapper parted zip"
+source="build_zip.sh
+	update-binary
+	pmos_install
+	pmos_install_functions
+	pmos_setpw"
+arch="noarch"
+license="GPL3"
+
+package() {
+	install -Dm755 "$srcdir/build_zip.sh" \
+		"$pkgdir/sbin/build-recovery-zip"
+	mkdir -p "$pkgdir/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/META-INF/com/google/android/"
+	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/update-binary \
+		"$pkgdir/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary"
+	mkdir "$pkgdir/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/bin/"
+	for file in pmos_install pmos_install_functions pmos_setpw; do
+		install -Dm755 "$srcdir/$file" \
+			"$pkgdir/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/bin/$file"
+	done
+	mkdir "$pkgdir/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/lib/"
+}
+sha512sums="9c7a90965aeb7f19ac166282066063510eeba6691ae695b2821e1a9e050463378c56492a27b3bfd4c8155380e6f24adc558dd0c98fc308ee7335b00c7b12fc0b  build_zip.sh
+874d7505f9940d98a67fd8e5881ab0b93ae9fd0c46d7f4004468a2e9bbe4853f4bf6db64380c27684a66ebbd45ebe3399219b3910799de24003b8399ab2a4497  update-binary
+5647a089c95d291d5662bbe6931a01f8591823d63b0226832897a046f351121c2c5d6ebfc83dcf9762ac50774920393fea37c05a92f2079e9688d6fe58711e49  pmos_install
+dba3da4d2c18a480fda3bda233052f946bfd5a5f4fe05115341d4dc1466519584930e116719c5338ef4309a51dfea7d2e531ed133723f59c8d6d0c5a4f73a26b  pmos_install_functions
+1969a467bc1e0f04ed445dd78db4eb1ad77b769a6e04c35211ad2c45cb8293243f864e499cdecf6016292d1accb26e6f62073b2afab023a20a79e0ea3dc15bd9  pmos_setpw"
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/build_zip.sh b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/build_zip.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59d34285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/build_zip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/ash
+
+# Copyright 2017 Attila Szöllősi
+#
+# This file is part of postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set -e
+
+# Copy files to the destination specified
+# $1: files
+# $2: destination
+copy_files()
+{
+	for file in $1; do
+		filename=$(basename "$file")
+		install -Dm755 "$file" "$2"/"$filename"
+	done
+}
+
+check_whether_exists()
+{
+	if [ ! -e "$1" ]
+	then
+		echo "$1 not found"
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. ./install_options
+
+BINARIES="/sbin/cryptsetup /sbin/kpartx /usr/sbin/parted /usr/sbin/partprobe"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+LIBRARIES=$(lddtree -l $BINARIES | awk '/lib/ {print}' | sort -u)
+copy_files "$BINARIES" bin/
+copy_files "$LIBRARIES" lib/
+check_whether_exists rootfs.tar.gz
+[ "$FLASH_BOOT" = "true" ] && check_whether_exists boot.img
+zip -0 -r "pmos-$DEVICE.zip" .
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_install b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_install
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..20c06214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_install
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/sbin/ash
+
+# Copyright 2017 Attila Szöllősi
+#
+# This file is part of postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# shellcheck source=pmos_install_functions
+. /tmp/postmarketos/bin/pmos_install_functions "$1" "$2"
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+. "$WORKING_DIR"/install_options
+
+exec > "$WORKING_DIR"/pmos.log 2>&1
+set -ex
+
+ui_print "postmarketOS recovery installer"
+
+ui_print "Extracting partition info from fstab..."
+extract_partition_table
+ui_print "Entering working directory..."
+cd "$WORKING_DIR"
+ui_print "Extracting files..."
+unzip -o "$ZIP"
+mkdir /lib
+ui_print "Symlinking .so files to /lib/..."
+ln -s "$WORKING_DIR"/lib/* /lib/
+ui_print "Unmounting /$INSTALL_PARTITION..."
+umount_install_partition
+ui_print "Creating partition table on $INSTALL_DEVICE..."
+# parted returns nonzero even when command executed successfully
+partition_install_device || :
+if [ "$FDE" = "true" ]
+then
+	ui_print "Generating temporary keyfile with random data..."
+	dd bs=512 count=4 if=/dev/urandom of="$WORKING_DIR"/lukskey
+	ui_print "Initializing LUKS device..."
+	cryptsetup luksFormat --use-urandom -c "$CIPHER" -q "$ROOT_PARTITION" "$WORKING_DIR"/lukskey
+	ui_print "Opening LUKS partition..."
+	cryptsetup luksOpen -d "$WORKING_DIR"/lukskey "$ROOT_PARTITION" pm_crypt
+	ui_print "Formatting LUKS partition..."
+	make_ext4fs -L 'pmOS_root' /dev/mapper/pm_crypt
+	ui_print "Mounting LUKS partition..."
+	mount -t ext4 -rw /dev/mapper/pm_crypt /"$INSTALL_PARTITION"
+else
+	ui_print "Formatting root partition..."
+	make_ext4fs -L 'pmOS_root' "$ROOT_PARTITION"
+	ui_print "Mounting root partition..."
+	mount -t ext4 -rw "$ROOT_PARTITION" /"$INSTALL_PARTITION"
+fi
+ui_print "Formatting pmOS_boot..."
+mkfs.ext2 -q -L 'pmOS_boot' "$PMOS_BOOT"
+ui_print "Mounting pmOS_boot..."
+mkdir /"$INSTALL_PARTITION"/boot
+mount -t ext2 -rw "$PMOS_BOOT" /"$INSTALL_PARTITION"/boot || {
+	ui_print "Failed to format/mount ext2 partition."
+	ui_print "Trying ext4..."
+	make_ext4fs -L 'pmOS_boot' "$PMOS_BOOT"
+	mount -t ext4 -rw "$PMOS_BOOT" /"$INSTALL_PARTITION"/boot
+}
+ui_print "Installing rootfs..."
+tar -xf rootfs.tar.gz -C /"$INSTALL_PARTITION"
+if [ "$FLASH_BOOTIMG" = "true" ]
+then
+	ui_print "Flashing boot.img..."
+	dd if=boot.img of="$BOOT"
+fi
+if [ "$FDE" = "true" ]
+then
+	ui_print "Creating a symlink for password setting script in /sbin/..."
+	ln -s "$WORKING_DIR"/bin/pmos_setpw /sbin/
+	ui_print "Do not forget to add a password to the LUKS partition!"
+	ui_print "Run the command: pmos_setpw from the terminal/adb shell!"
+fi
+ui_print "Installation done."
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_install_functions b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_install_functions
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..688046ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_install_functions
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/sbin/ash
+
+# Copyright 2017 Attila Szöllősi
+#
+# This file is part of postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+export OUTFD=$1
+export ZIP=$2
+export WORKING_DIR="/tmp/postmarketos"
+export PATH=$PATH:"$WORKING_DIR"/bin
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+. "$WORKING_DIR"/install_options
+
+# taken from https://github.com/Debuffer-XDA/Gov-Tuner/blob/master/META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
+# Copyright (c) 2016 - 2017 Debuffer
+ui_print() {
+	echo -n -e "ui_print $1\n" > /proc/self/fd/"$OUTFD"
+	echo -n -e "ui_print\n" > /proc/self/fd/"$OUTFD"
+}
+
+extract_partition_table() {
+	case "$INSTALL_PARTITION" in
+		"system")
+			# We need to resolve symlinks, to make set_subpartitions() work.
+			_INSTALL_DEVICE=$(readlink -fn "$(awk '/^\/system/ {print $3}' /etc/recovery.fstab)")
+			;;
+		"external_sd")
+			_INSTALL_DEVICE=$(readlink -fn "$(awk '/^\/external_sd/ {print $4}' /etc/recovery.fstab)")
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo "No support for flashing $INSTALL_PARTITION."
+			return 1
+			;;
+	esac
+	if [ ! -z "$_INSTALL_DEVICE" ]
+	then
+		echo "install device found at $_INSTALL_DEVICE"
+		export INSTALL_DEVICE=$_INSTALL_DEVICE
+	else
+		echo "Couldn't find /$INSTALL_PARTITION/ in fstab."
+		return 1
+	fi
+	_BOOT=$(awk '/^\/boot/ {print $3}' /etc/recovery.fstab)
+	if [ ! -z "$_BOOT" ]
+	then
+		echo "boot partition found at $_BOOT"
+		export BOOT=$_BOOT
+	else
+		echo "Couldn't find /boot/ in fstab."
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+partition_install_device() {
+	for command in "mktable msdos" \
+		"mkpart primary ext2 2048s 100M" \
+		"mkpart primary 100M 100%" \
+		"set 1 boot on"
+	do
+		parted -s "$INSTALL_DEVICE" "$command"
+	done
+	partprobe
+	if [ "$INSTALL_PARTITION" = "system" ]
+	then
+		kpartx -afs "$INSTALL_DEVICE"
+		ln -s /dev/mapper/* /dev/block/
+	fi
+	set_subpartitions
+}
+
+set_subpartitions() {
+	export PMOS_BOOT="$INSTALL_DEVICE"p1
+	export ROOT_PARTITION="$INSTALL_DEVICE"p2
+}
+
+umount_install_partition() {
+	if mountpoint -q "/$INSTALL_PARTITION/"
+	then
+		umount /"$INSTALL_PARTITION"/
+	else
+		echo 'Continuing...'
+		return 0
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_setpw b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_setpw
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7da6ff21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_setpw
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/sbin/ash -e
+
+# Copyright 2017 Attila Szöllősi
+#
+# This file is part of postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# shellcheck source=pmos_install_functions
+. /tmp/postmarketos/bin/pmos_install_functions
+
+extract_partition_table
+set_subpartitions
+echo "Set the password of the encrypted rootfs!"
+cryptsetup luksAddKey -d "$WORKING_DIR"/lukskey "$ROOT_PARTITION"
+# Remove temporary keyfile
+cryptsetup luksRemoveKey "$ROOT_PARTITION" "$WORKING_DIR"/lukskey
+echo "Successfully added key to the LUKS device."
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/update-binary b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/update-binary
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..483ca7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/update-binary
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/sbin/ash
+
+# Copyright 2017 Attila Szöllősi
+#
+# This file is part of postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# postmarketos-android-recovery-installer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with postmarketos-android-recovery-installer.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Print fail information
+OUTFD=$2
+fail_info() {
+	FAIL_MSG="Failed. Check /tmp/postmarketos/pmos.log for more info!"
+	echo -n -e "ui_print $FAIL_MSG\n" > /proc/self/fd/"$OUTFD"
+	echo -n -e "ui_print\n" > /proc/self/fd/"$OUTFD"
+}
+# Create working directory
+mkdir /tmp/postmarketos/
+# Extract and start the installer script
+unzip "$3" "bin/pmos_install" "bin/pmos_install_functions" "install_options" -d /tmp/postmarketos/
+/tmp/postmarketos/bin/pmos_install "$2" "$3" || { fail_info ; exit 1 ; }
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
index 7bf9a3f5..d442acb3 100644
--- a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname=postmarketos-mkinitfs
-pkgver=0.3.3
-pkgrel=6
+pkgver=0.3.4
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Tool to generate initramfs images for postmarketOS"
 url="https://github.com/postmarketOS"
 # multipath-tools: kpartx
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ package() {
 	mkdir -p "$pkgdir/etc/postmarketos-mkinitfs/hooks/"
 }
 sha512sums="3d0215d61a34e846c6c3e4ff1911742a620cd1c6ff1de3cf26eaa4cb7643467da72bf9abc6a53992cc750bb76340be820149b25b806152b70fc0d40e0f8aa310  init.sh.in
-2331fe9a89ba58348b41fbfdeb6f4daeff3f6ef161d1b7582c3e900baba377fa9411efa0b052ea5c2ae22f75bc48f6b8f38dafad0bd836a0319906e70482898c  init_functions.sh
+a47398cdbb5e68a34086038cf6d72df91f6e58dcae7ff1ea8a375cd44f21e4573a944122ca5a32dda7b002bb14ec5826435edd2512c3db198dc9c0c3756e3cbe  init_functions.sh
 ef1481ef45e786486fb8e9939f756afb1d873a92546468d3dda3065ef46404be7e9847ab1f630fa6cf3e4ab99bdb116401093bbb1bbc882ea85ea824cdf7e389  mkinitfs.sh"
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
index b31980b0..cf5c2a83 100644
--- a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ mount_boot_partition() {
 		loop_forever
 	fi
 	echo "Mount boot partition ($partition)"
-	mount -r -t ext2 "$partition" /boot
+	mount -r "$partition" /boot
 }
 
 # $1: initramfs-extra path
diff --git a/pmb/chroot/shutdown.py b/pmb/chroot/shutdown.py
index f3db2a5f..194edc37 100644
--- a/pmb/chroot/shutdown.py
+++ b/pmb/chroot/shutdown.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ along with pmbootstrap.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import logging
 import glob
 import os
+import socket
+from contextlib import closing
 
 import pmb.chroot
 import pmb.chroot.distccd
@@ -27,6 +29,16 @@ import pmb.install.losetup
 import pmb.parse.arch
 
 
+def kill_adb(args):
+    """
+    Kill adb daemon if it's running.
+    """
+    port = 5038
+    with closing(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)) as sock:
+        if sock.connect_ex(("127.0.0.1", port)) == 0:
+            pmb.chroot.root(args, ["adb", "-P", str(port), "kill-server"])
+
+
 def shutdown_cryptsetup_device(args, name):
     """
     :param name: cryptsetup device name, usually "pm_crypt" in pmbootstrap
@@ -55,6 +67,9 @@ def shutdown_cryptsetup_device(args, name):
 def shutdown(args, only_install_related=False):
     pmb.chroot.distccd.stop(args)
 
+    # Stop adb server
+    kill_adb(args)
+
     # Umount installation-related paths (order is important!)
     pmb.helpers.mount.umount_all(args, args.work +
                                  "/chroot_native/mnt/install")
diff --git a/pmb/config/__init__.py b/pmb/config/__init__.py
index d0daa0c7..9e8e1033 100644
--- a/pmb/config/__init__.py
+++ b/pmb/config/__init__.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ install_device_packages = [
 # chroot, before the flash programs get started.
 flash_mount_bind = [
     "/sys/bus/usb/devices/",
+    "/sys/dev/",
     "/sys/devices/",
     "/dev/bus/usb/"
 ]
@@ -289,6 +290,17 @@ flashers = {
                 ["heimdall", "flash", "--$PARTITION_KERNEL", "$BOOT/boot.img-$FLAVOR"]],
         },
     },
+    "adb": {
+            "depends": ["android-tools"],
+            "actions":
+            {
+                "list_devices": [["adb", "-P", "5038", "devices"]],
+                "sideload": [["echo", "< wait for any device >"],
+                             ["adb", "-P", "5038", "wait-for-usb-sideload"],
+                             ["adb", "-P", "5038", "sideload",
+                              "$RECOVERY_ZIP"]],
+            }
+    },
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/pmb/flasher/export.py b/pmb/flasher/export.py
index 18718bf1..1766db7d 100644
--- a/pmb/flasher/export.py
+++ b/pmb/flasher/export.py
@@ -48,13 +48,18 @@ def symlinks(args, flavor, folder):
         "uImage-" + flavor: "Kernel, legacy u-boot image format",
         "vmlinuz-" + flavor: "Linux kernel",
         args.device + ".img": "System partition",
+        "pmos-" + args.device + ".zip": "Android recovery flashable zip",
     }
 
     # Generate a list of patterns
     path_native = args.work + "/chroot_native"
     path_boot = args.work + "/chroot_rootfs_" + args.device + "/boot"
+    path_buildroot = args.work + "/chroot_buildroot_" + args.deviceinfo["arch"]
     patterns = [path_boot + "/*-" + flavor,
-                path_native + "/home/user/rootfs/" + args.device + ".img"]
+                path_native + "/home/user/rootfs/" + args.device + ".img",
+                path_buildroot +
+                "/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos-" +
+                args.device + ".zip"]
 
     # Generate a list of files from the patterns
     files = []
diff --git a/pmb/flasher/frontend.py b/pmb/flasher/frontend.py
index 9256f7ef..0b3c3541 100644
--- a/pmb/flasher/frontend.py
+++ b/pmb/flasher/frontend.py
@@ -95,6 +95,25 @@ def list_devices(args):
     pmb.flasher.run(args, "list_devices")
 
 
+def sideload(args):
+    # Mount the buildroot
+    suffix = "buildroot_" + args.deviceinfo["arch"]
+    mountpoint = "/mnt/" + suffix
+    pmb.helpers.mount.bind(args, args.work + "/chroot_" + suffix,
+                           args.work + "/chroot_native/" + mountpoint)
+
+    # Missing recovery zip error
+    zip_path = ("/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos-" +
+                args.device + ".zip")
+    if not os.path.exists(args.work + "/chroot_native" + mountpoint +
+                          zip_path):
+        raise RuntimeError("The recovery zip has not been generated yet,"
+                           " please run 'pmbootstrap install' with the"
+                           " '--android-recovery-zip' parameter first!")
+
+    pmb.flasher.run(args, "sideload")
+
+
 def export(args):
     # Create the export folder
     if not os.path.exists(args.export_folder):
@@ -123,5 +142,7 @@ def frontend(args):
         list_flavors(args)
     if action == "list_devices":
         list_devices(args)
+    if action == "sideload":
+        sideload(args)
     if action == "export":
         export(args)
diff --git a/pmb/flasher/run.py b/pmb/flasher/run.py
index 8dacb7ef..f6509f29 100644
--- a/pmb/flasher/run.py
+++ b/pmb/flasher/run.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def run(args, action, flavor=None):
     pmb.flasher.init(args)
 
     # Verify action
-    method = args.deviceinfo["flash_methods"]
+    method = args.flash_method or args.deviceinfo["flash_methods"]
     cfg = pmb.config.flashers[method]
     if action not in cfg["actions"]:
         raise RuntimeError("action " + action + " is not"
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ def run(args, action, flavor=None):
         "$KERNEL_CMDLINE": _cmdline,
         "$PARTITION_INITFS": args.deviceinfo["flash_heimdall_partition_initfs"],
         "$PARTITION_KERNEL": args.deviceinfo["flash_heimdall_partition_kernel"],
+        "$RECOVERY_ZIP": "/mnt/buildroot_" + args.deviceinfo["arch"] +
+                         "/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer"
+                         "/pmos-" + args.device + ".zip",
     }
 
     # Run the commands of each action
diff --git a/pmb/install/install.py b/pmb/install/install.py
index f5c2283d..2f94d99f 100644
--- a/pmb/install/install.py
+++ b/pmb/install/install.py
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ import pmb.config
 import pmb.helpers.run
 import pmb.install.blockdevice
 import pmb.install.file
+import pmb.install.recovery
 import pmb.install
 
 
-def mount_device_rootfs(args):
-    # Mount the device rootfs
+def mount_device_rootfs(args, suffix="native"):
+    """
+    Mount the device rootfs.
+    """
     mountpoint = "/mnt/rootfs_" + args.device
     pmb.helpers.mount.bind(args, args.work + "/chroot_rootfs_" + args.device,
-                           args.work + "/chroot_native" + mountpoint)
+                           args.work + "/chroot_" + suffix + mountpoint)
     return mountpoint
 
 
@@ -153,45 +156,7 @@ def setup_keymap(args):
         logging.info("NOTE: No valid keymap specified for device")
 
 
-def install(args):
-    # Install required programs in native chroot
-    logging.info("*** (1/5) PREPARE NATIVE CHROOT ***")
-    pmb.chroot.apk.install(args, pmb.config.install_native_packages,
-                           build=False)
-
-    # List all packages to be installed (including the ones specified by --add)
-    # and upgrade the installed packages/apkindexes
-    logging.info("*** (2/5) CREATE DEVICE ROOTFS (" + args.device + ") ***")
-    install_packages = (pmb.config.install_device_packages +
-                        ["device-" + args.device])
-    if args.ui.lower() != "none":
-        install_packages += ["postmarketos-ui-" + args.ui]
-    suffix = "rootfs_" + args.device
-    pmb.chroot.apk.upgrade(args, suffix)
-
-    # Explicitly call build on the install packages, to re-build them or any
-    # dependency, in case the version increased
-    if args.extra_packages.lower() != "none":
-        install_packages += args.extra_packages.split(",")
-    if args.add:
-        install_packages += args.add.split(",")
-    for pkgname in install_packages:
-        pmb.build.package(args, pkgname, args.deviceinfo["arch"])
-
-    # Install all packages to device rootfs chroot (and rebuild the initramfs,
-    # because that doesn't always happen automatically yet, e.g. when the user
-    # installed a hook without pmbootstrap - see #69 for more info)
-    pmb.chroot.apk.install(args, install_packages, suffix)
-    pmb.install.file.write_os_release(args, suffix)
-    for flavor in pmb.chroot.other.kernel_flavors_installed(args, suffix):
-        pmb.chroot.initfs.build(args, flavor, suffix)
-
-    # Set the user password
-    set_user_password(args)
-
-    # Set the keymap if the device requires it
-    setup_keymap(args)
-
+def install_system_image(args):
     # Partition and fill image/sdcard
     logging.info("*** (3/5) PREPARE INSTALL BLOCKDEVICE ***")
     pmb.chroot.shutdown(args, True)
@@ -249,3 +214,72 @@ def install(args):
     logging.info("* If the above steps do not work, you can also create"
                  " symlinks to the generated files with 'pmbootstrap flasher"
                  " export [export_folder]' and flash outside of pmbootstrap.")
+
+
+def install_recovery_zip(args):
+    logging.info("*** (3/4) CREATING RECOVERY-FLASHABLE ZIP ***")
+    suffix = "buildroot_" + args.deviceinfo["arch"]
+    mount_device_rootfs(args, suffix)
+    pmb.install.recovery.create_zip(args, suffix)
+
+    # Flash information
+    logging.info("*** (4/4) FLASHING TO DEVICE ***")
+    logging.info("Run the following to flash your installation to the"
+                 " target device:")
+    logging.info("* pmbootstrap flasher --method adb sideload")
+    logging.info("  Flashes the installer zip to your device:")
+
+    # Export information
+    logging.info("* If this does not work, you can also create a"
+                 " symlink to the generated zip with 'pmbootstrap flasher"
+                 " export --android-recovery-zip [export_folder]' and"
+                 " flash outside of pmbootstrap.")
+
+
+def install(args):
+    # Number of steps for the different installation methods.
+    steps = 4 if args.android_recovery_zip else 5
+
+    # Install required programs in native chroot
+    logging.info("*** (1/{}) PREPARE NATIVE CHROOT ***".format(steps))
+    pmb.chroot.apk.install(args, pmb.config.install_native_packages,
+                           build=False)
+
+    # List all packages to be installed (including the ones specified by --add)
+    # and upgrade the installed packages/apkindexes
+    logging.info('*** (2/{0}) CREATE DEVICE ROOTFS ("{1}") ***'.format(steps,
+                 args.device))
+    install_packages = (pmb.config.install_device_packages +
+                        ["device-" + args.device])
+    if args.ui.lower() != "none":
+        install_packages += ["postmarketos-ui-" + args.ui]
+    suffix = "rootfs_" + args.device
+    pmb.chroot.apk.upgrade(args, suffix)
+
+    # Explicitly call build on the install packages, to re-build them or any
+    # dependency, in case the version increased
+    if args.extra_packages.lower() != "none":
+        install_packages += args.extra_packages.split(",")
+    if args.add:
+        install_packages += args.add.split(",")
+    for pkgname in install_packages:
+        pmb.build.package(args, pkgname, args.deviceinfo["arch"])
+
+    # Install all packages to device rootfs chroot (and rebuild the initramfs,
+    # because that doesn't always happen automatically yet, e.g. when the user
+    # installed a hook without pmbootstrap - see #69 for more info)
+    pmb.chroot.apk.install(args, install_packages, suffix)
+    pmb.install.file.write_os_release(args, suffix)
+    for flavor in pmb.chroot.other.kernel_flavors_installed(args, suffix):
+        pmb.chroot.initfs.build(args, flavor, suffix)
+
+    # Set the user password
+    set_user_password(args)
+
+    # Set the keymap if the device requires it
+    setup_keymap(args)
+
+    if args.android_recovery_zip:
+        install_recovery_zip(args)
+    else:
+        install_system_image(args)
diff --git a/pmb/install/recovery.py b/pmb/install/recovery.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0471c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmb/install/recovery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""
+Copyright 2017 Attila Szollosi
+
+This file is part of pmbootstrap.
+
+pmbootstrap is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+pmbootstrap is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with pmbootstrap.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+import logging
+
+import pmb.chroot
+
+
+def create_zip(args, suffix):
+    """
+    Create android recovery compatible installer zip.
+    """
+    zip_root = "/var/lib/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/"
+    rootfs = "/mnt/rootfs_" + args.device
+
+    # Install recovery installer package in buildroot
+    pmb.chroot.apk.install(args,
+                           ["postmarketos-android-recovery-installer"],
+                           suffix)
+
+    logging.info("(" + suffix + ") create recovery zip")
+
+    # Create config file for the recovery installer
+    with open(args.work + "/chroot_" + suffix + "/tmp/install_options",
+              "w") as install_options:
+        install_options.write(
+            "\n".join(['DEVICE="{}"'.format(args.device),
+                       'FLASH_BOOTIMG="{}"'.format(
+                           str(args.recovery_flash_bootimg).lower()),
+                       'INSTALL_PARTITION="{}"'.format(
+                           args.recovery_install_partition),
+                       'CIPHER="{}"'.format(args.cipher),
+                       'FDE="{}"'.format(
+                           str(args.full_disk_encryption).lower())]))
+
+    commands = [
+        # Move config file from /tmp/ to zip root
+        ["mv", "/tmp/install_options", "install_options"],
+        # Copy boot.img to zip root
+        ["cp", rootfs + "/boot/boot.img-" + args.device, "boot.img"],
+        # Create tar archive of the rootfs
+        ["tar", "-pczf", "rootfs.tar.gz", "--exclude", "./home/user/*",
+         "-C", rootfs, "."],
+        ["build-recovery-zip"]]
+    for command in commands:
+        pmb.chroot.root(args, command, suffix, working_dir=zip_root)
diff --git a/pmb/parse/arguments.py b/pmb/parse/arguments.py
index 71fac305..1fa56bee 100644
--- a/pmb/parse/arguments.py
+++ b/pmb/parse/arguments.py
@@ -25,12 +25,8 @@ def arguments_flasher(subparser):
     ret = subparser.add_parser("flasher", help="flash something to the"
                                " target device")
     sub = ret.add_subparsers(dest="action_flasher")
-
-    # Other
-    sub.add_parser("flash_system", help="flash the system partition")
-    sub.add_parser("list_flavors", help="list installed kernel flavors" +
-                   " inside the device rootfs chroot on this computer")
-    sub.add_parser("list_devices", help="show connected devices")
+    ret.add_argument("--method", help="override flash method",
+                     dest="flash_method", default=None)
 
     # Boot, flash kernel, export
     boot = sub.add_parser("boot", help="boot a kernel once")
@@ -42,6 +38,13 @@ def arguments_flasher(subparser):
     for action in [boot, flash_kernel, export]:
         action.add_argument("--flavor", default=None)
 
+    # Other
+    sub.add_parser("flash_system", help="flash the system partition")
+    sub.add_parser("list_flavors", help="list installed kernel flavors" +
+                   " inside the device rootfs chroot on this computer")
+    sub.add_parser("list_devices", help="show connected devices")
+    sub.add_parser("sideload", help="sideload recovery zip")
+
     # Export: additional arguments
     export.add_argument("export_folder", help="export folder, defaults to"
                                               " /tmp/postmarketOS-export",
@@ -181,6 +184,16 @@ def arguments():
                          " added to the rootfs (e.g. 'vim,gcc')")
     install.add_argument("--no-fde", help="do not use full disk encryption",
                          action="store_false", dest="full_disk_encryption")
+    install.add_argument("--android-recovery-zip",
+                         help="generate TWRP flashable zip",
+                         action="store_true", dest="android_recovery_zip")
+    install.add_argument("--recovery-flash-bootimg",
+                         help="include kernel in recovery flashable zip",
+                         action="store_true", dest="recovery_flash_bootimg")
+    install.add_argument("--recovery-install-partition", default="system",
+                         help="partition to flash from recovery,"
+                              "eg. external_sd",
+                         dest="recovery_install_partition")
 
     # Action: menuconfig / parse_apkbuild
     menuconfig = sub.add_parser("menuconfig", help="run menuconfig on"
diff --git a/test/static_code_analysis.sh b/test/static_code_analysis.sh
index e7638064..453201ef 100755
--- a/test/static_code_analysis.sh
+++ b/test/static_code_analysis.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ sh_files="
 	./aports/main/postmarketos-base/firmwareload.sh
 	./aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh.in
 	./aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
+	./aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/build_zip.sh
+	./aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_install
+	./aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_install_functions
+	./aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/pmos_setpw
+	./aports/main/postmarketos-android-recovery-installer/update-binary
 	$(find . -name '*.trigger')
 "
 for file in ${sh_files}; do