diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml
index 71afee3..c665799 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
+    <!-- Either the native or the HIDL mapper HAL must exist on the device -->
     <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.mapper</name>
         <!-- New, non-Go devices should use 4.0, tested in vts_treble_vintf_vendor_test -->
@@ -846,9 +847,10 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="native">
+    <!-- Either the native or the HIDL mapper HAL must exist on the device -->
+    <hal format="native" optional="true">
         <name>mapper</name>
-        <version>1.0</version>
+        <version>5.0</version>
         <interface>
             <name>I</name>
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
diff --git a/graphics/mapper/stable-c/README.md b/graphics/mapper/stable-c/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f3ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/mapper/stable-c/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# IMapper "stable-c" HAL
+
+Starting with gralloc version 5, IMapper is now exposed as a C API instead of through HIDL or AIDL.
+This is due to HIDL being deprecated, and AIDL not wanting to support a pass-through mode & pointers
+for just a couple of clients such as IMapper. So instead a stable C API is used to fill this gap.
+
+## Implementing
+
+To provide an implementation a library implementing the AIMapper API interface should be provided
+in `/vendor/lib[64]/hw/mapper.<imapper_suffix>.so`. The `<imapper_suffix>` should be specified
+as the `<instance>` in the VINTF manifest `<interface>` section. For example:
+```xml
+<manifest version="1.0" type="device">
+    <hal format="native">
+        <name>mapper</name>
+        <version>5.0</version>
+        <interface>
+            <name>I</name>
+            <instance>minigbm</instance>
+        </interface>
+    </hal>
+</manifest>
+```
+defines that the IMapper 5.0 library is provided by `/vendor/lib[64]/hw/mapper.minigbm.so`.
+
+This library must export the following `extern "C"` symbols:
+
+### `ANDROID_HAL_STABLEC_VERSION`
+
+This is a uint32_t that should simply be set to the exported AIMapper version. For example:
+```c++
+extern "C" uint32_t ANDROID_HAL_STABLEC_VERSION = AIMAPPER_VERSION_5;
+```
+
+### `AIMapper_loadIMapper`
+
+This is what should actually load the HAL interface. The full type signature is
+```c++
+extern "C" AIMapper_Error AIMapper_loadIMapper(AIMapper* _Nullable* _Nonnull outImplementation)
+```
+
+See `include/android/hardware/graphics/mapper/IMapper.h` for complete documentation on what
+this function must return.
+
+To make it easier to implement this C API, a header-only helper library is provided called
+`libimapper_providerutils`. This library handles mapping from the C API struct to a C++ class
+as well as provides helpers for encoding & decoding metadata, largely replacing the role that
+`libgralloctypes` filled with IMapper 4.
+
+To use this library, create a class that extends from `IMapperV5Impl` and use `IMapperProvider` to
+implement `AIMapper_loadIMapper`:
+
+```c++
+// The IMapper interface itself
+#include <android/hardware/graphics/mapper/IMapper.h>
+// Helpers for reading & writing metadata
+#include <android/hardware/graphics/mapper/utils/IMapperMetadataTypes.h>
+// Helper for providing the implementation interface
+#include <android/hardware/graphics/mapper/utils/IMapperProvider.h>
+
+// Define an IMapperV5 implementation
+class CrosGrallocMapperV5 final : public vendor::mapper::IMapperV5Impl {
+    // Override all the methods of IMapperV5Impl
+      AIMapper_Error importBuffer(const native_handle_t* _Nonnull handle,
+                              buffer_handle_t _Nullable* _Nonnull outBufferHandle) override;
+      [etc...]
+};
+
+// Expose the required C symbols
+
+extern "C" uint32_t ANDROID_HAL_STABLEC_VERSION = AIMAPPER_VERSION_5;
+
+extern "C" AIMapper_Error AIMapper_loadIMapper(AIMapper* _Nullable* _Nonnull outImplementation) {
+    // Define an IMapperProvider for our V5 implementation
+    static vendor::mapper::IMapperProvider<CrosGrallocMapperV5> provider;
+    return provider.load(outImplementation);
+}
+```
+
+A complete example, including using IMapperMetadataTypes, can be found in the cuttlefish
+implementation in `//external/minigbm/cros_gralloc/mapper_stablec`
+
+### Testing
+
+As with HIDL & AIDL HALs, a VTS test is provided to validate the implementation. It is found in the
+`vts` folder and may be run using `$ atest VtsHalGraphicsMapperStableC_TargetTest`
+
+## Using
+
+It is strongly recommended that clients use either the `AHardwareBuffer` (preferred) or
+`GraphicBufferMapper` (from libui) APIs to use the mapper HAL rather than attempting to use
+`AIMapper` directly.
+
+## Version changes
+
+### Version 5
+
+* Initial introduction of this HAL interface
+* Largely feature-equivalent to IMapper4
+* Requires allocator-V2
+* Removes `BufferDescriptorInfo`;
+* IsSupported has moved to IAllocator
+* Removes `validateBufferSize`, validation is instead handled by clients using metadata queries
+* Getting the following StandardMetadataType is now mandatory:
+  * STRIDE
+* Setting the following StandardMetadataTypes is now mandatory:
+  * DATASPACE
+  * SMPTE2086
+  * CTA861_3
+  * BLEND_MODE
diff --git a/graphics/mapper/stable-c/vts/VtsHalGraphicsMapperStableC_TargetTest.cpp b/graphics/mapper/stable-c/vts/VtsHalGraphicsMapperStableC_TargetTest.cpp
index e29d16e..2c06353 100644
--- a/graphics/mapper/stable-c/vts/VtsHalGraphicsMapperStableC_TargetTest.cpp
+++ b/graphics/mapper/stable-c/vts/VtsHalGraphicsMapperStableC_TargetTest.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     std::shared_ptr<IAllocator> mAllocator;
     AIMapper* mIMapper = nullptr;
     AIMapper_loadIMapperFn mIMapperLoader;
+    int32_t* mIMapperHALVersion = nullptr;
 
   protected:
     void Initialize(std::shared_ptr<IAllocator> allocator) {
@@ -171,10 +172,12 @@
         ASSERT_NE(nullptr, mIMapperLoader) << "AIMapper_locaIMapper missing from " << lib_name;
         ASSERT_EQ(AIMAPPER_ERROR_NONE, mIMapperLoader(&mIMapper));
         ASSERT_NE(mIMapper, nullptr);
+        mIMapperHALVersion = (int32_t*)dlsym(so, "ANDROID_HAL_MAPPER_VERSION");
     }
 
   public:
     AIMapper_loadIMapperFn getIMapperLoader() const { return mIMapperLoader; }
+    int32_t* getHalVersion() const { return mIMapperHALVersion; }
 
     std::unique_ptr<BufferAllocation> allocate(const BufferDescriptorInfo& descriptorInfo) {
         AllocationResult result;
@@ -557,6 +560,15 @@
     void TearDown() override {}
 };
 
+TEST_P(GraphicsMapperStableCTests, VersionChecks) {
+    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, getHalVersion()) << "Resolving ANDROID_HAL_MAPPER_VERSION symbol failed";
+    int32_t halVersion = *getHalVersion();
+    EXPECT_EQ(halVersion, AIMAPPER_VERSION_5) << "Unrecognized ANDROID_HAL_MAPPER_VERSION";
+    EXPECT_EQ(mapper()->version, AIMAPPER_VERSION_5) << "Unrecognized AIMapper::version";
+    EXPECT_EQ(halVersion, mapper()->version)
+            << "AIMapper version & ANDROID_HAL_MAPPER_VERSION don't agree";
+}
+
 TEST_P(GraphicsMapperStableCTests, AllV5CallbacksDefined) {
     ASSERT_GE(mapper()->version, AIMAPPER_VERSION_5);