diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 816286f46..4afd2fd90 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.atlassian.commonmark:commonmark:0.9.0'
     implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.57'
     implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on:1.57'
+    implementation 'org.kamranzafar:jtar:2.3'
     implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-safetynet:9.0.1'
     annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.8.1'
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/MagiskManager.java b/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/MagiskManager.java
index 2a539c254..1026be26c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/MagiskManager.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/MagiskManager.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class MagiskManager extends Application {
     public int suNamespaceMode;
     public String localeConfig;
     public int updateChannel;
+    public String bootFormat;
 
     // Global resources
     public SharedPreferences prefs;
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ public class MagiskManager extends Application {
 
         updateNotification = prefs.getBoolean("notification", true);
         updateChannel = Utils.getPrefsInt(prefs, "update_channel", CheckUpdates.STABLE_CHANNEL);
+        bootFormat = prefs.getString("boot_format", ".img");
     }
 
     public void toast(String msg, int duration) {
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ public class MagiskManager extends Application {
                 .putString("mnt_ns", String.valueOf(suNamespaceMode))
                 .putString("update_channel", String.valueOf(updateChannel))
                 .putString("locale", localeConfig)
+                .putString("boot_format", bootFormat)
                 .apply();
 
         // Create notification channel on Android O
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/asyncs/InstallMagisk.java b/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/asyncs/InstallMagisk.java
index dea0b4ac7..994620274 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/asyncs/InstallMagisk.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/asyncs/InstallMagisk.java
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ import android.text.TextUtils;
 
 import com.topjohnwu.magisk.MagiskManager;
 import com.topjohnwu.magisk.utils.AdaptiveList;
+import com.topjohnwu.magisk.utils.Shell;
+import com.topjohnwu.magisk.utils.TarEntry;
 import com.topjohnwu.magisk.utils.ZipUtils;
 
+import org.kamranzafar.jtar.TarOutputStream;
+
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ public class InstallMagisk extends ParallelTask<Void, Void, Boolean> {
             getShell().sh(mList,
                     "cd " + install,
                     "KEEPFORCEENCRYPT=" + mKeepEnc + " KEEPVERITY=" + mKeepVerity + " sh " +
-                            "update-binary indep boot_patch.sh " + boot + " 2>&1" +
+                            "update-binary indep boot_patch.sh " + boot +
                             " && echo 'Success!' || echo 'Failed!'"
             );
 
@@ -146,10 +152,36 @@ public class InstallMagisk extends ParallelTask<Void, Void, Boolean> {
             mList.add("");
             switch (mode) {
                 case PATCH_MODE:
-                    // Move boot image
-                    File dest = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/MagiskManager/" + "patched_boot.img");
+                    File dest = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/MagiskManager/patched_boot" + mm.bootFormat);
                     dest.getParentFile().mkdirs();
-                    getShell().sh_raw("cp " + patched_boot + " " + dest);
+                    switch (mm.bootFormat) {
+                        case ".img":
+                            getShell().sh_raw("cp -f " + patched_boot + " " + dest);
+                            break;
+                        case ".img.tar":
+                            // Workaround root shell issues so we can access the file through Java
+                            if (Shell.rootAccess()) {
+                                // Get non-root UID
+                                int uid = mm.getApplicationInfo().uid;
+                                // Get app selabel
+                                String selabel = getShell().su("/system/bin/ls -dZ " + install + " | cut -d' ' -f1").get(0);
+                                getShell().su(
+                                        "chcon " + selabel + " " + patched_boot,
+                                        "chown " + uid + "." + uid + " " + patched_boot);
+                            }
+                            TarOutputStream tar = new TarOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(dest)));
+                            tar.putNextEntry(new TarEntry(patched_boot, "boot.img"));
+                            byte buffer[] = new byte[4096];
+                            BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(patched_boot));
+                            int len;
+                            while ((len = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
+                                tar.write(buffer, 0, len);
+                            }
+                            tar.flush();
+                            tar.close();
+                            in.close();
+                            break;
+                    }
                     mList.add("*********************************");
                     mList.add(" Patched Boot Image is placed in ");
                     mList.add(" " + dest + " ");
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/utils/TarEntry.java b/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/utils/TarEntry.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88a7f60bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/topjohnwu/magisk/utils/TarEntry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.topjohnwu.magisk.utils;
+
+import org.kamranzafar.jtar.TarHeader;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class TarEntry extends org.kamranzafar.jtar.TarEntry {
+
+    public TarEntry(File file, String entryName) {
+        super(file, entryName);
+    }
+
+    public TarEntry(byte[] headerBuf) {
+        super(headerBuf);
+    }
+
+    /*
+    * Workaround missing java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
+    * Simply just assign a default permission to the file
+    * */
+
+    @Override
+    public void extractTarHeader(String entryName) {
+        int permissions = file.isDirectory() ? 040755 : 0100644;
+        header = TarHeader.createHeader(entryName, file.length(), file.lastModified() / 1000, file.isDirectory(), permissions);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml
index 9742781fb..cec6cd796 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml
@@ -77,4 +77,9 @@
         <item>@string/settings_update_beta</item>
     </string-array>
 
+    <string-array name="boot_formats">
+        <item>.img</item>
+        <item>.img.tar</item>
+    </string-array>
+
 </resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index cd3544bf1..8bd4947d4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -156,9 +156,12 @@
     <string name="settings_hide_manager_summary">Temporarily hide Magisk Manager.\nThis will install a new app called \"Unhide Magisk Manager\"</string>
     <string name="language">Language</string>
     <string name="system_default">(System Default)</string>
+    <string name="settings_update">Update Settings</string>
     <string name="settings_update_channel_title">Update Channel</string>
     <string name="settings_update_stable">Stable</string>
     <string name="settings_update_beta">Beta</string>
+    <string name="settings_boot_format_title">Patched Boot Output File Format</string>
+    <string name="settings_boot_format_summary">Select the output file format of the patched boot image\nChoose .img to flash through fastboot/download mode\nChoose .img.tar to flash with ODIN</string>
 
     <string name="settings_core_only_title">Magisk Core Only Mode</string>
     <string name="settings_core_only_summary">Enable only core features, all modules will not be loaded. MagiskSU, MagiskHide, and systemless hosts will still be enabled</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/app_settings.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/app_settings.xml
index ffa838e18..0224e6aea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/app_settings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/app_settings.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@
             android:title="@string/settings_dark_theme_title"
             android:summary="@string/settings_dark_theme_summary" />
 
+        <Preference
+            android:key="clear"
+            android:title="@string/settings_clear_cache_title"
+            android:summary="@string/settings_clear_cache_summary" />
+
+        <Preference
+            android:key="hide"
+            android:title="@string/settings_hide_manager_title"
+            android:summary="@string/settings_hide_manager_summary" />
+
+    </PreferenceCategory>
+
+    <PreferenceCategory
+        android:key="update"
+        android:title="@string/settings_update">
+
         <SwitchPreference
             android:key="notification"
             android:title="@string/settings_notification_title"
@@ -21,15 +37,12 @@
             android:entries="@array/update_channel"
             android:entryValues="@array/value_array" />
 
-        <Preference
-            android:key="clear"
-            android:title="@string/settings_clear_cache_title"
-            android:summary="@string/settings_clear_cache_summary" />
-
-        <Preference
-            android:key="hide"
-            android:title="@string/settings_hide_manager_title"
-            android:summary="@string/settings_hide_manager_summary" />
+        <ListPreference
+            android:key="boot_format"
+            android:title="@string/settings_boot_format_title"
+            android:entries="@array/boot_formats"
+            android:entryValues="@array/boot_formats"
+            android:summary="@string/settings_boot_format_summary"/>
 
     </PreferenceCategory>