diff --git a/apex/statsd/Android.bp b/apex/statsd/Android.bp
index 0e9311034ee07..3b196925b91c0 100644
--- a/apex/statsd/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/statsd/Android.bp
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ apex_defaults {
     native_shared_libs: [
         "libstats_jni",
     ],
-    // binaries: ["vold"],
+    binaries: ["statsd"],
     java_libs: [
         "framework-statsd",
         "service-statsd",
     ],
     compile_multilib: "both",
-    // prebuilts: ["my_prebuilt"],
+    prebuilts: ["com.android.os.statsd.init.rc"],
     name: "com.android.os.statsd-defaults",
     key: "com.android.os.statsd.key",
     certificate: ":com.android.os.statsd.certificate",
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ android_app_certificate {
     certificate: "com.android.os.statsd",
 }
 
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "com.android.os.statsd.init.rc",
+    src: "statsd.rc",
+    filename: "init.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
 
 // JNI library for StatsLog.write
 cc_library_shared {
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/statsd.rc b/apex/statsd/statsd.rc
similarity index 67%
rename from cmds/statsd/statsd.rc
rename to apex/statsd/statsd.rc
index a98ecd586b425..605da2af0c198 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/statsd.rc
+++ b/apex/statsd/statsd.rc
@@ -12,19 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-service statsd /system/bin/statsd
+service statsd /apex/com.android.os.statsd/bin/statsd
     class main
     socket statsdw dgram+passcred 0222 statsd statsd
     user statsd
     group statsd log
     writepid /dev/cpuset/system-background/tasks
-
-on property:ro.statsd.enable=false
-    stop statsd
-
-on post-fs-data
-    # Create directory for statsd
-    mkdir /data/misc/stats-data/ 0770 statsd system
-    mkdir /data/misc/stats-service/ 0770 statsd system
-    mkdir /data/misc/stats-active-metric/ 0770 statsd system
-    mkdir /data/misc/train-info/ 0770 statsd system
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/Android.bp b/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
index 93522d4ff0a66..5fe64c42186fe 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/Android.bp
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ cc_binary {
 
     shared_libs: ["libgtest_prod"],
 
-    init_rc: ["statsd.rc"],
+    apex_available: [
+        "com.android.os.statsd",
+        "test_com.android.os.statsd",
+    ],
 }
 
 // ==============
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.java
index a1ccd8459c692..8900eee6f50f3 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class Watchdog extends Thread {
         "media.codec", // vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.media.omx@1.0-service
         "media.swcodec", // /apex/com.android.media.swcodec/bin/mediaswcodec
         "com.android.bluetooth",  // Bluetooth service
-        "/system/bin/statsd",  // Stats daemon
+        "/apex/com.android.os.statsd/bin/statsd",  // Stats daemon
     };
 
     public static final List<String> HAL_INTERFACES_OF_INTEREST = Arrays.asList(