diff --git a/include/linux/szip.h b/include/linux/szip.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d4421e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/szip.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#ifndef __SZIP_H
+#define __SZIP_H
+
+#include <linux/zlib.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define SZIP_HEADER_SIZE (20)
+
+struct szip_struct {
+	u32 magic;
+	u32 total_size;
+	u16 chunk_size;
+	u16 dict_size;
+	u32 nr_chunks;
+	u16 last_chunk_size;
+	signed char window_bits;
+	signed char filter;
+	unsigned *offset_table;
+	unsigned *dictionary;
+	char *buffer;
+	void *workspace;
+};
+
+extern int szip_decompress(struct szip_struct *, char *, size_t);
+extern int szip_seekable_decompress(struct szip_struct *, size_t,
+						size_t, char *, size_t);
+extern size_t szip_uncompressed_size(struct szip_struct *);
+extern int szip_init(struct szip_struct *, char *);
+extern void szip_init_offset_table(struct szip_struct *szip, char *buf);
+extern size_t szip_offset_table_size(struct szip_struct *szip);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index fe01d41..0903693 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ config DECOMPRESS_LZO
 	select LZO_DECOMPRESS
 	tristate
 
+config SZIP
+	select ZLIB_INFLATE
+	tristate
+	help
+	  Use this to provide szip decompression support. szip is a seekable
+	  zlib format. Check https://github.com/glandium/faulty.lib for the
+	  szip tool. This is required for transparent ext4 decompression.
+
 #
 # Generic allocator support is selected if needed
 #
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index c55a037..86a5d4b 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LZO_COMPRESS) += lzo/
 obj-$(CONFIG_LZO_DECOMPRESS) += lzo/
 obj-$(CONFIG_XZ_DEC) += xz/
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAID6_PQ) += raid6/
+obj-${CONFIG_SZIP} += szip.o
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_GZIP) += decompress_inflate.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_BZIP2) += decompress_bunzip2.o
diff --git a/lib/szip.c b/lib/szip.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d610e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/szip.c
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+/*
+ * lib/szip.c
+ *
+ * This is a seekable zip file, the format of which is based on
+ * code available at https://github.com/glandium/faulty.lib
+ *
+ * Copyright: Mozilla
+ * Author: Dhaval Giani <dgiani@mozilla.com>
+ *
+ * Based on code written by Mike Hommey <glandium@mozilla.com> as
+ * part of faulty.lib .
+ *
+ * This code is available under the MPL v2.0 which is explicitly
+ * compatible with GPL v2.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/zlib.h>
+#include <linux/szip.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+#define SZIP_MAGIC 0x7a5a6553
+
+static int szip_decompress_seekable_chunk(struct szip_struct *szip,
+		char *output, size_t offset, size_t chunk, size_t length)
+{
+	int is_last_chunk = (chunk == szip->nr_chunks - 1);
+	size_t chunk_len = is_last_chunk ? szip->last_chunk_size
+						: szip->chunk_size;
+	z_stream zstream;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int flush;
+	int success;
+
+	memset(&zstream, 0, sizeof(zstream));
+
+	if (length == 0 || length > chunk_len)
+		length = chunk_len;
+
+	if (is_last_chunk)
+		zstream.avail_in = szip->total_size;
+	else
+		zstream.avail_in = szip->offset_table[chunk + 1]
+					- szip->offset_table[chunk];
+
+	zstream.next_in = szip->buffer + offset;
+	zstream.avail_out = length;
+	zstream.next_out = output;
+	if (!szip->workspace)
+		szip->workspace = vzalloc(zlib_inflate_workspacesize());
+	zstream.workspace = szip->workspace;
+	if (!zstream.workspace) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Decompress Chunk */
+	/* **TODO: Correct return value for bad zlib format** */
+	if (zlib_inflateInit2(&zstream, (int) szip->window_bits) != Z_OK) {
+		ret = -EMEDIUMTYPE;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* We don't have dictionary logic yet */
+	if (length == chunk_len) {
+		flush = Z_FINISH;
+		success = Z_STREAM_END;
+	} else {
+		flush = Z_SYNC_FLUSH;
+		success = Z_OK;
+	}
+
+	ret = zlib_inflate(&zstream, flush);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ignore Z_BUF_ERROR for now. I am sure it will bite us
+	 * later on
+	 */
+	if (ret != success && ret != Z_BUF_ERROR) {
+		ret = -EMEDIUMTYPE;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (zlib_inflateEnd(&zstream) != Z_OK) {
+		ret = -EMEDIUMTYPE;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int szip_seekable_decompress(struct szip_struct *szip, size_t start,
+				size_t end, char *output, size_t length)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	size_t chunk_nr;
+
+	for (chunk_nr = start; chunk_nr <= end; chunk_nr++) {
+		size_t len = min_t(size_t, length, szip->chunk_size);
+		size_t offset = szip->offset_table[chunk_nr]
+					- szip->offset_table[start];
+		ret = szip_decompress_seekable_chunk(szip, output,
+						offset, chunk_nr, len);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+
+
+		output += len;
+		length -= len;
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int szip_decompress(struct szip_struct *szip, char *output, size_t length)
+{
+	size_t header_size = 20;
+	char *buf;
+	buf = szip->buffer + header_size;
+	szip_init_offset_table(szip, buf);
+	szip->buffer = szip->buffer + szip->offset_table[0];
+	return szip_seekable_decompress(szip, 0,
+			szip->nr_chunks, output, length);
+}
+
+size_t szip_uncompressed_size(struct szip_struct *szip)
+{
+	return (szip->chunk_size * (szip->nr_chunks - 1))
+					+ szip->last_chunk_size;
+}
+
+void szip_init_offset_table(struct szip_struct *szip, char *buf)
+{
+	szip->offset_table = vzalloc(sizeof(unsigned) * szip->nr_chunks);
+	memcpy(szip->offset_table, buf , sizeof(unsigned) * szip->nr_chunks);
+}
+
+size_t szip_offset_table_size(struct szip_struct *szip)
+{
+	return sizeof(unsigned) * szip->nr_chunks;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialize a szip structure looking at the buffer
+ * Returns 0 on success
+ *
+ * XX: Fixup the return values. No magic numbers!
+ */
+int szip_init(struct szip_struct *szip, char *buf)
+{
+	char *ptr = buf;
+
+	szip->buffer = buf;
+	/* We don't implement it yet */
+	szip->dictionary = NULL;
+
+	memcpy(&szip->magic, ptr, sizeof(szip->magic));
+	/* No need to decode the structure if its not an szip buffer */
+	if (szip->magic != SZIP_MAGIC)
+		return -1;
+
+	ptr += sizeof(szip->magic);
+	memcpy(&szip->total_size, ptr, sizeof(szip->total_size));
+
+	ptr += sizeof(szip->total_size);
+	memcpy(&szip->chunk_size, ptr, sizeof(szip->chunk_size));
+	/*
+	 * If chunk_size is not a multiple of PAGE_SIZE, its malformed
+	 * No need to decode further
+	 */
+	if ((szip->chunk_size % PAGE_SIZE) ||
+			(szip->chunk_size > 8 * PAGE_SIZE))
+		return -2;
+
+	ptr += sizeof(szip->chunk_size);
+	memcpy(&szip->dict_size, ptr, sizeof(szip->dict_size));
+	if (szip->dict_size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ptr += sizeof(szip->dict_size);
+	memcpy(&szip->nr_chunks, ptr, sizeof(szip->nr_chunks));
+	/* If there are no chunks, no need to decode further*/
+	if (szip->nr_chunks < 1)
+		return -3;
+
+	ptr += sizeof(szip->nr_chunks);
+	memcpy(&szip->last_chunk_size, ptr, sizeof(szip->last_chunk_size));
+	/* Last Chunk Size is never 0 or greater than chunk size*/
+	if (!szip->last_chunk_size || szip->last_chunk_size > szip->chunk_size)
+		return -4;
+
+	ptr += sizeof(szip->last_chunk_size);
+	memcpy(&szip->window_bits, ptr, sizeof(szip->window_bits));
+
+	ptr += sizeof(szip->window_bits);
+	memcpy(&szip->filter, ptr, sizeof(szip->filter));
+	if (szip->filter)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ptr += sizeof(szip->filter);
+
+	szip->workspace = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We just allocated memory for the offset table, nothing else
+ */
+void free_szip(struct szip_struct *szip)
+{
+	vfree(szip->offset_table);
+	vfree(szip->workspace);
+}
