diff --git a/cmds/servicemanager/Android.bp b/cmds/servicemanager/Android.bp
index 3ebdeee..80c0548 100644
--- a/cmds/servicemanager/Android.bp
+++ b/cmds/servicemanager/Android.bp
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@
 }
 
 cc_binary {
+    name: "servicemanager.recovery",
+    stem: "servicemanager",
+    recovery: true,
+    defaults: ["servicemanager_defaults"],
+    init_rc: ["servicemanager.recovery.rc"],
+    srcs: ["main.cpp"],
+}
+
+cc_binary {
     name: "vndservicemanager",
     defaults: ["servicemanager_defaults"],
     init_rc: ["vndservicemanager.rc"],
diff --git a/cmds/servicemanager/main.cpp b/cmds/servicemanager/main.cpp
index 8c1beac..2fb9c2b 100644
--- a/cmds/servicemanager/main.cpp
+++ b/cmds/servicemanager/main.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
 };
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+#ifdef __ANDROID_RECOVERY__
+    android::base::InitLogging(argv, android::base::KernelLogger);
+#endif
+
     if (argc > 2) {
         LOG(FATAL) << "usage: " << argv[0] << " [binder driver]";
     }
diff --git a/cmds/servicemanager/servicemanager.recovery.rc b/cmds/servicemanager/servicemanager.recovery.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..067faf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/servicemanager/servicemanager.recovery.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+service servicemanager /system/bin/servicemanager
+    disabled
+    group system readproc
+    seclabel u:r:servicemanager:s0