diff --git a/installer/rb5/recovery.sh b/installer/rb5/recovery.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+INSTALLER_DIR="`dirname ${0}`"
+
+QDL="`readlink -f ${INSTALLER_DIR}/qdl`"
+FIRMWARE_DIR="rb5-bootloader-ufs-aosp"
+
+# for cases that don't run "lunch rb5-userdebug"
+if [ -z "${ANDROID_BUILD_TOP}" ]; then
+    ANDROID_BUILD_TOP=${INSTALLER_DIR}/../../../../../
+    ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT="${ANDROID_BUILD_TOP}/out/target/product/rb5"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "${ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT}" ]; then
+    echo "RECOVERY: error in locating out directory, check if it exist"
+    exit
+fi
+
+echo "android out dir:${ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT}"
+
+# TODO: Pull one-time recovery/qdl path out of standard install
+# Flash bootloader firmware files
+if [ ! -d "${INSTALLER_DIR}/${FIRMWARE_DIR}/" ]; then
+    echo "RECOVERY: No firmware directory? Make sure binaries have been provided"
+    exit
+fi
+
+pushd "${INSTALLER_DIR}/${FIRMWARE_DIR}" > /dev/null
+sudo "${QDL}" prog_firehose_ddr.elf rawprogram?.xml patch?.xml
+popd > /dev/null
+
+echo
+echo
+echo "RECOVERY: Please boot the RB5 into fastboot mode, and use the flash-all-aosp.sh script!"
+echo