diff --git a/meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass b/meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass
index 5416c2a019..5c1d92bd18 100644
--- a/meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass
+++ b/meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass
@@ -13,11 +13,21 @@ DELETE_RAWIMAGE_AFTER_SPARSE_CMD ??= "0"
 
 CONVERSION_CMD:sparse = " \
     truncate --no-create --size=%${SPARSE_BLOCK_SIZE} "${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}"; \
-    img2simg -s "${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}" "${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}.sparse" ${SPARSE_BLOCK_SIZE}; \
+    case '${type}' in \
+        ext*) \
+            bbnote 'Running e2fsprogs-derived ext2simg_android..' ; \
+            ext2simg_android '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}' '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}.simg' || bberror 'ext2simg_android failed' \
+            ;; \
+        *) \
+            bbnote 'Generating sparse image for non-ext filesystem...'; \
+            img2simg -s '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}' '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}.sparse' ${SPARSE_BLOCK_SIZE}; \
+            ;; \
+    esac; \
     if [ "${DELETE_RAWIMAGE_AFTER_SPARSE_CMD}" = "1" ]; then \
         rm -f ${IMAGE_NAME}.${type};\
-        bbwarn "Raw file ${IMAGE_NAME}.${type} removed" ;\
+        bbnote "Raw file ${IMAGE_NAME}.${type} removed" ;\
     fi;\
  "
 
-CONVERSION_DEPENDS_sparse = "android-tools-native"
+CONVERSION_DEPENDS_sparse = "android-tools-native e2fsprogs-ext4sparse-native"
+do_image_ext4[depends] += "e2fsprogs-ext4sparse-native:do_populate_sysroot"