diff --git a/gnss/aidl/default/Android.bp b/gnss/aidl/default/Android.bp
index ca5a41f8e5..731092271d 100644
--- a/gnss/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/gnss/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -26,12 +26,7 @@ package {
 cc_binary {
     name: "android.hardware.gnss-service.example",
     relative_install_path: "hw",
-    init_rc: [
-        "gnss-default.rc",
-    ],
-    vintf_fragments: [
-        "gnss-default.xml",
-    ],
+    installable: false, // install APEX instead
     vendor: true,
     cflags: [
         "-Wall",
@@ -73,3 +68,35 @@ cc_binary {
         "android.hardware.gnss@common-default-lib",
     ],
 }
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "gnss-default.rc",
+    src: "gnss-default.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "gnss-default.xml",
+    src: "gnss-default.xml",
+    sub_dir: "vintf",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+apex {
+    name: "com.android.hardware.gnss",
+    manifest: "apex_manifest.json",
+    file_contexts: "apex_file_contexts",
+    key: "com.android.hardware.key",
+    certificate: ":com.android.hardware.certificate",
+    updatable: false,
+    vendor: true,
+
+    binaries: [
+        "android.hardware.gnss-service.example",
+    ],
+    prebuilts: [
+        "gnss-default.rc",
+        "gnss-default.xml",
+        "android.hardware.location.gps.prebuilt.xml", // permission
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/gnss/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts b/gnss/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83b01ed993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnss/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\.gnss-service\.example                u:object_r:hal_gnss_default_exec:s0
diff --git a/gnss/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json b/gnss/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b2db23fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnss/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "com.android.hardware.gnss",
+    "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/gnss/aidl/default/gnss-default.rc b/gnss/aidl/default/gnss-default.rc
index fe179c34f0..d47b3a5aee 100644
--- a/gnss/aidl/default/gnss-default.rc
+++ b/gnss/aidl/default/gnss-default.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-service vendor.gnss-default /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.gnss-service.example
+service vendor.gnss-default /apex/com.android.hardware.gnss/bin/hw/android.hardware.gnss-service.example
     class hal
     user nobody
     group nobody