diff --git a/apex/sdkext/Android.bp b/apex/sdkext/Android.bp
index b132f7e3ff4c5..40f3c45518bbf 100644
--- a/apex/sdkext/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/sdkext/Android.bp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ apex {
     prebuilts: [
       "com.android.sdkext.ldconfig",
       "cur_sdkinfo",
+      "derive_sdk.rc",
     ],
     key: "com.android.sdkext.key",
     certificate: ":com.android.sdkext.certificate",
diff --git a/apex/sdkext/derive_sdk/Android.bp b/apex/sdkext/derive_sdk/Android.bp
index 39f1943bfa790..c4e3c296f2108 100644
--- a/apex/sdkext/derive_sdk/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/sdkext/derive_sdk/Android.bp
@@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ cc_binary {
         "libprotobuf-cpp-lite-ndk",
     ],
 }
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "derive_sdk.rc",
+    src: "derive_sdk.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
diff --git a/apex/sdkext/derive_sdk/derive_sdk.rc b/apex/sdkext/derive_sdk/derive_sdk.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b667949eeaa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apex/sdkext/derive_sdk/derive_sdk.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+service derive_sdk /apex/com.android.sdkext/bin/derive_sdk
+    oneshot
+    disabled