diff --git a/ir/aidl/default/Android.bp b/ir/aidl/default/Android.bp
index a8096c2758..4006554cd2 100644
--- a/ir/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/ir/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -36,8 +36,58 @@ cc_binary {
         "liblog",
         "libutils",
         "android.hardware.ir-V1-ndk",
-        "libhardware"
+        "libhardware",
     ],
 
     srcs: ["main.cpp"],
 }
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc",
+    src: ":gen-android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+genrule {
+    name: "gen-android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc",
+    srcs: ["android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc"],
+    out: ["android.hardware.ir-service.example.apex.rc"],
+    cmd: "sed -e 's@/vendor/bin/@/apex/com.android.hardware.ir/bin/@' $(in) > $(out)",
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "android.hardware.ir-service.example.xml",
+    src: "android.hardware.ir-service.example.xml",
+    sub_dir: "vintf",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+filegroup {
+    name: "com.android.hardware.ir_file_contexts",
+    srcs: ["apex_file_contexts"],
+}
+
+filegroup {
+    name: "com.android.hardware.ir_apex_manifest.json",
+    srcs: ["apex_manifest.json"],
+}
+
+apex_defaults {
+    name: "com.android.hardware.ir",
+    // Reference to the filegroup instead of direct path since
+    // paths in defaults don't work in a different directory.
+    file_contexts: ":com.android.hardware.ir_file_contexts",
+    manifest: ":com.android.hardware.ir_apex_manifest.json",
+
+    updatable: false,
+    vendor: true,
+
+    binaries: [
+        "android.hardware.ir-service.example",
+    ],
+    prebuilts: [
+        "android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc",
+        "android.hardware.ir-service.example.xml",
+        "android.hardware.consumerir.prebuilt.xml", // feature
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/ir/aidl/default/android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc b/ir/aidl/default/android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc
index d27f282471..1a721daf5c 100644
--- a/ir/aidl/default/android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc
+++ b/ir/aidl/default/android.hardware.ir-service.example.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-service vendor.ir-default /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.ir-service.example
+service vendor.ir-default /apex/com.android.hardware.ir/bin/hw/android.hardware.ir-service.example
     class hal
     user system
     group system
diff --git a/ir/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts b/ir/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bbf131d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ir/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(/.*)?                                          u:object_r:vendor_file:s0
+/etc(/.*)?                                      u:object_r:vendor_configs_file:s0
+/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.ir-service\.example  u:object_r:hal_ir_default_exec:s0
diff --git a/ir/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json b/ir/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d384375433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ir/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "com.android.hardware.ir",
+    "version": 1
+}
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