diff --git a/health/2.0/README b/health/2.0/README
index 9f77b83..44e2828 100644
--- a/health/2.0/README
+++ b/health/2.0/README
@@ -107,3 +107,49 @@
 # device/<manufacturer>/<device>/sepolicy/vendor/hal_health_default.te
 # Add device specific permissions to hal_health_default domain, especially
 # if Step 6.1 or Step 7.2 is done.
+
+9. Implementing health HAL in recovery. The health HAL is used for battery
+status checks during OTA for non-A/B devices. If the health HAL is not
+implemented in recovery, is_battery_ok() will always return true.
+
+9.1 If the device does not have a vendor-specific libhealthd, nothing needs to
+be done. A "backup" implementation is provided in
+android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-default, which is always installed to recovery
+image by default.
+
+9.2 If the device do have a vendor-specific libhealthd, implement the following
+module and include it in PRODUCT_PACKAGES (replace <device> with appropriate
+strings):
+
+// Android.bp
+cc_library_shared {
+    name: "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-<device>",
+    recovery_available: true,
+    relative_install_path: "hw",
+    static_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl",
+        "libhealthd.<device>"
+        // Include the following if Step 7.1, otherwise do Step 7.2
+        "libhealthstoragedefault",
+    ],
+    srcs: [
+        "HealthImpl.cpp",
+    ],
+    overrides: [
+        "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-default",
+    ],
+}
+
+// HealthImpl.cpp
+#include <health2/Health.h>
+#include <healthd/healthd.h>
+using android::hardware::health::V2_0::IHealth;
+using android::hardware::health::V2_0::implementation::Health;
+extern "C" IHealth* HIDL_FETCH_IHealth(const char* name) {
+    const static std::string providedInstance{"default"};
+    if (providedInstance != name) return nullptr;
+    return Health::initInstance(&gHealthdConfig).get();
+}
+
+# device.mk
+PRODUCT_PACKAGES += android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-<device>
diff --git a/health/2.0/default/Android.bp b/health/2.0/default/Android.bp
index 6301a06..a85a704 100644
--- a/health/2.0/default/Android.bp
+++ b/health/2.0/default/Android.bp
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-// Helper library for implementing health HAL. It is recommended that a health
-// service or passthrough HAL link to this library.
-cc_library_static {
-    name: "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl",
-    vendor_available: true,
-    recovery_available: true,
-    srcs: [
-        "Health.cpp",
-        "healthd_common.cpp",
-    ],
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl_defaults",
 
-    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+    recovery_available: true,
+    cflags: [
+        "-Wall",
+        "-Werror",
+    ],
 
     shared_libs: [
         "libbase",
@@ -27,3 +23,39 @@
         "android.hardware.health@1.0-convert",
     ],
 }
+
+// Helper library for implementing health HAL. It is recommended that a health
+// service or passthrough HAL link to this library.
+cc_library_static {
+    name: "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl",
+    defaults: ["android.hardware.health@2.0-impl_defaults"],
+
+    vendor_available: true,
+    srcs: [
+        "Health.cpp",
+        "healthd_common.cpp",
+    ],
+
+    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+}
+
+// Default passthrough implementation for recovery. Vendors can implement
+// android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-recovery-<device> to customize the behavior
+// of the HAL in recovery.
+// The implementation does NOT start the uevent loop for polling.
+cc_library_shared {
+    name: "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-default",
+    defaults: ["android.hardware.health@2.0-impl_defaults"],
+
+    recovery_available: true,
+    relative_install_path: "hw",
+
+    static_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.health@2.0-impl",
+        "libhealthstoragedefault",
+    ],
+
+    srcs: [
+        "HealthImplDefault.cpp",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/health/2.0/default/HealthImplDefault.cpp b/health/2.0/default/HealthImplDefault.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15346bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/health/2.0/default/HealthImplDefault.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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 <health2/Health.h>
+#include <healthd/healthd.h>
+
+using android::hardware::health::V2_0::IHealth;
+using android::hardware::health::V2_0::implementation::Health;
+
+static struct healthd_config gHealthdConfig = {
+    .batteryStatusPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryHealthPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryPresentPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryCapacityPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryVoltagePath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryTemperaturePath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryTechnologyPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryCurrentNowPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryCurrentAvgPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryChargeCounterPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryFullChargePath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .batteryCycleCountPath = android::String8(android::String8::kEmptyString),
+    .energyCounter = nullptr,
+    .boot_min_cap = 0,
+    .screen_on = nullptr};
+
+void healthd_board_init(struct healthd_config*) {
+    // use defaults
+}
+
+int healthd_board_battery_update(struct android::BatteryProperties*) {
+    // return 0 to log periodic polled battery status to kernel log
+    return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" IHealth* HIDL_FETCH_IHealth(const char* name) {
+    const static std::string providedInstance{"backup"};
+
+    if (providedInstance == name) {
+        // use defaults
+        // Health class stores static instance
+        return Health::initInstance(&gHealthdConfig).get();
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}