diff --git a/rebootescrow/aidl/default/Android.bp b/rebootescrow/aidl/default/Android.bp
index 4409314475..7f9b6d6caf 100644
--- a/rebootescrow/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/rebootescrow/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ cc_library_static {
 
 cc_binary {
     name: "android.hardware.rebootescrow-service.default",
-    init_rc: ["rebootescrow-default.rc"],
     relative_install_path: "hw",
-    vintf_fragments: ["rebootescrow-default.xml"],
     vendor: true,
+    installable: false, // installed in APEX
+
     srcs: [
         "service.cpp",
     ],
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ cc_binary {
         "-Wall",
         "-Werror",
     ],
+    stl: "c++_static",
     shared_libs: [
-        "libbase",
         "libbinder_ndk",
-        "android.hardware.rebootescrow-V1-ndk",
+        "liblog",
     ],
     static_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.rebootescrow-V1-ndk",
+        "libbase",
         "libhadamardutils",
         "librebootescrowdefaultimpl",
     ],
@@ -97,3 +99,35 @@ cc_test {
     ],
     test_suites: ["device-tests"],
 }
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "rebootescrow-default.rc",
+    src: "rebootescrow-default.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "rebootescrow-default.xml",
+    src: "rebootescrow-default.xml",
+    sub_dir: "vintf",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+apex {
+    name: "com.android.hardware.rebootescrow",
+    manifest: "apex_manifest.json",
+    file_contexts: "apex_file_contexts",
+    key: "com.android.hardware.key",
+    certificate: ":com.android.hardware.certificate",
+    vendor: true,
+    updatable: false,
+
+    binaries: [
+        "android.hardware.rebootescrow-service.default",
+    ],
+    prebuilts: [
+        "rebootescrow-default.rc",
+        "rebootescrow-default.xml",
+        "android.hardware.reboot_escrow.prebuilt.xml", // <feature>
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/rebootescrow/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts b/rebootescrow/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa84984fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rebootescrow/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\.rebootescrow-service\.default    u:object_r:hal_rebootescrow_default_exec:s0
diff --git a/rebootescrow/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json b/rebootescrow/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8be495b450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rebootescrow/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "com.android.hardware.rebootescrow",
+    "version": 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rebootescrow/aidl/default/rebootescrow-default.rc b/rebootescrow/aidl/default/rebootescrow-default.rc
index ad90465aa3..024dd6d15a 100644
--- a/rebootescrow/aidl/default/rebootescrow-default.rc
+++ b/rebootescrow/aidl/default/rebootescrow-default.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-service vendor.rebootescrow-default /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.rebootescrow-service.default
+service vendor.rebootescrow-default /apex/com.android.hardware.rebootescrow/bin/hw/android.hardware.rebootescrow-service.default
     interface aidl android.hardware.rebootescrow.IRebootEscrow/default
     class hal
     user system