diff --git a/image_to_live.sh b/image_to_live.sh
index 58b83e9138..f18badf667 100755
--- a/image_to_live.sh
+++ b/image_to_live.sh
@@ -291,31 +291,6 @@ function run_auto_update {
   fi
 }
 
-function remote_reboot {
-  info "Rebooting."
-  remote_sh "touch /tmp/awaiting_reboot; reboot"
-  local output_file
-  output_file="${TMP}/output"
-
-  while true; do
-    REMOTE_OUT=""
-    # This may fail while the machine is down so generate output and a
-    # boolean result to distinguish between down/timeout and real failure
-    ! remote_sh_allow_changed_host_key \
-        "echo 0; [ -e /tmp/awaiting_reboot ] && echo '1'; true"
-    echo "${REMOTE_OUT}" > "${output_file}"
-    if grep -q "0" "${output_file}"; then
-      if grep -q "1" "${output_file}"; then
-        info "Not yet rebooted"
-      else
-        info "Rebooted and responding"
-        break
-      fi
-    fi
-    sleep .5
-  done
-}
-
 function verify_image {
   info "Verifying image."
   "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/mount_gpt_image.sh" --from "$(dirname ${IMAGE_PATH})" \
diff --git a/remote_access.sh b/remote_access.sh
index f3d490ab97..794deff8e7 100644
--- a/remote_access.sh
+++ b/remote_access.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,31 @@ function learn_board() {
   info "Target reports board is ${FLAGS_board}"
 }
 
+function remote_reboot {
+  info "Rebooting."
+  remote_sh "touch /tmp/awaiting_reboot; reboot"
+  local output_file
+  output_file="${TMP}/output"
+
+  while true; do
+    REMOTE_OUT=""
+    # This may fail while the machine is down so generate output and a
+    # boolean result to distinguish between down/timeout and real failure
+    ! remote_sh_allow_changed_host_key \
+        "echo 0; [ -e /tmp/awaiting_reboot ] && echo '1'; true"
+    echo "${REMOTE_OUT}" > "${output_file}"
+    if grep -q "0" "${output_file}"; then
+      if grep -q "1" "${output_file}"; then
+        info "Not yet rebooted"
+      else
+        info "Rebooted and responding"
+        break
+      fi
+    fi
+    sleep .5
+  done
+}
+
 function cleanup_remote_access() {
   # Call this function from the exit trap of the main script.
   # Iff we started ssh-agent, be nice and clean it up.
diff --git a/update_kernel.sh b/update_kernel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..126786b2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update_kernel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2010 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Script to update the kernel on a live running ChromiumOS instance.
+
+# Load common constants.  This should be the first executable line.
+# The path to common.sh should be relative to your script's location.
+
+. "$(dirname $0)/common.sh"
+. "$(dirname $0)/remote_access.sh"
+
+DEFINE_string board "" "Override board reported by target"
+DEFINE_string partition "" "Override kernel partition reported by target"
+
+function cleanup {
+  cleanup_remote_access
+  rm -rf "${TMP}"
+}
+
+# Ask the target what the kernel partition is
+function learn_partition() {
+  [ -n "${FLAGS_partition}" ] && return
+  remote_sh cat /proc/cmdline
+  if echo "${REMOTE_OUT}" | grep -q "/dev/sda3"; then
+    FLAGS_partition="/dev/sda2"
+  else
+    FLAGS_partition="/dev/sda4"
+  fi
+  if [ -z "${FLAGS_partition}" ]; then
+    error "Partition required"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  info "Target reports kernel partition is ${FLAGS_partition}"
+}
+
+function main() {
+  assert_outside_chroot
+
+  cd $(dirname "$0")
+
+  FLAGS "$@" || exit 1
+  eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
+
+  set -e
+
+  trap cleanup EXIT
+
+  TMP=$(mktemp -d /tmp/image_to_live.XXXX)
+
+  remote_access_init
+
+  learn_board
+
+  remote_sh uname -r -v
+
+  old_kernel="${REMOTE_OUT}"
+
+  cmd="vbutil_kernel --pack new_kern.bin \
+       --keyblock /usr/share/vboot/devkeys/kernel.keyblock \
+       --signprivate /usr/share/vboot/devkeys/kernel_data_key.vbprivk \
+       --version 1 \
+       --config ../build/images/${FLAGS_board}/latest/config.txt \
+       --bootloader /lib64/bootstub/bootstub.efi \
+       --vmlinuz /build/${FLAGS_board}/boot/vmlinuz"
+
+  ./enter_chroot.sh -- "${cmd}"
+
+  learn_partition
+
+  remote_cp_to new_kern.bin /tmp
+
+  remote_sh dd if=/tmp/new_kern.bin of="${FLAGS_partition}"
+
+  remote_reboot
+
+  remote_sh uname -r -v
+
+  info "old kernel: ${old_kernel}"
+
+  info "new kernel: ${REMOTE_OUT}"
+}
+
+main $@