diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 055372fb1a..db568d069d 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ endif
 	$(hide) echo "use_set_metadata=1" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
 	$(hide) echo "multistage_support=1" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
 	$(hide) echo "update_rename_support=1" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
-	$(hide) echo "blockimgdiff_versions=1,2,3" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
+	$(hide) echo "blockimgdiff_versions=1,2,3,4" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
 ifneq ($(OEM_THUMBPRINT_PROPERTIES),)
 	# OTA scripts are only interested in fingerprint related properties
 	$(hide) echo "oem_fingerprint_properties=$(OEM_THUMBPRINT_PROPERTIES)" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/blockimgdiff.py b/tools/releasetools/blockimgdiff.py
index 882cc872d1..1a5b93d321 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/blockimgdiff.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/blockimgdiff.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class Transfer(object):
 # original image.
 
 class BlockImageDiff(object):
-  def __init__(self, tgt, src=None, threads=None, version=3):
+  def __init__(self, tgt, src=None, threads=None, version=4):
     if threads is None:
       threads = multiprocessing.cpu_count() // 2
       if threads == 0:
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class BlockImageDiff(object):
     self.src_basenames = {}
     self.src_numpatterns = {}
 
-    assert version in (1, 2, 3)
+    assert version in (1, 2, 3, 4)
 
     self.tgt = tgt
     if src is None: