diff --git a/light/aidl/default/Android.bp b/light/aidl/default/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae3f463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/light/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+cc_binary {
+    name: "android.hardware.lights-service.example",
+    relative_install_path: "hw",
+    init_rc: ["lights-default.rc"],
+    vintf_fragments: ["lights-default.xml"],
+    vendor: true,
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libbase",
+        "libbinder_ndk",
+        "android.hardware.light-ndk_platform",
+    ],
+    srcs: [
+        "Lights.cpp",
+        "main.cpp",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/light/aidl/default/Lights.cpp b/light/aidl/default/Lights.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74747d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/light/aidl/default/Lights.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "Lights.h"
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+
+namespace aidl {
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace light {
+
+ndk::ScopedAStatus Lights::setLightState(int id, const HwLightState& state) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "Lights setting state for id=" << id << " to color " << std::hex << state.color;
+    return ndk::ScopedAStatus::fromExceptionCode(EX_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION);
+}
+
+ndk::ScopedAStatus Lights::getLights(std::vector<HwLight>* /*lights*/) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "Lights reporting supported lights";
+    return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
+}
+
+}  // namespace light
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
+}  // namespace aidl
diff --git a/light/aidl/default/Lights.h b/light/aidl/default/Lights.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cba5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/light/aidl/default/Lights.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/light/BnLights.h>
+
+namespace aidl {
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace light {
+
+// Default implementation that reports no supported lights.
+class Lights : public BnLights {
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setLightState(int id, const HwLightState& state) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getLights(std::vector<HwLight>* types) override;
+};
+
+}  // namespace light
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
+}  // namespace aidl
diff --git a/light/aidl/default/lights-default.rc b/light/aidl/default/lights-default.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..687ec97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/light/aidl/default/lights-default.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+service vendor.light-default /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.lights-service.example
+    class hal
+    user nobody
+    group nobody
+    shutdown critical
diff --git a/light/aidl/default/lights-default.xml b/light/aidl/default/lights-default.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db604d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/light/aidl/default/lights-default.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<manifest version="1.0" type="device">
+    <hal format="aidl">
+        <name>android.hardware.light</name>
+        <fqname>ILights/default</fqname>
+    </hal>
+</manifest>
diff --git a/light/aidl/default/main.cpp b/light/aidl/default/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a860bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/light/aidl/default/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "Lights.h"
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android/binder_manager.h>
+#include <android/binder_process.h>
+
+using ::aidl::android::hardware::light::Lights;
+
+int main() {
+    ABinderProcess_setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(0);
+    std::shared_ptr<Lights> lights = ndk::SharedRefBase::make<Lights>();
+
+    const std::string instance = std::string() + Lights::descriptor + "/default";
+    binder_status_t status = AServiceManager_addService(lights->asBinder().get(), instance.c_str());
+    CHECK(status == STATUS_OK);
+
+    ABinderProcess_joinThreadPool();
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;  // should not reached
+}