diff --git a/bpf/loader/Android.bp b/bpf/loader/Android.bp
index b08913a..780fe20 100644
--- a/bpf/loader/Android.bp
+++ b/bpf/loader/Android.bp
@@ -56,11 +56,22 @@
     installable: false,
 }
 
-// Versioned netbpfload init rc: init system will process it only on api T/33+ devices
+// Versioned netbpfload init rc: init system will process it only on api R/30 S/31 Sv2/32 devices
 // Note: R[30] S[31] Sv2[32] T[33] U[34] V[35])
 //
 // For details of versioned rc files see:
 // https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/HEAD/init/README.md#versioned-rc-files-within-apexs
+//
+// However, .Xrc versioning doesn't work on S, so we use unversioned, and thus *do* trigger on R,
+// luckily nothing ever uses the new service on R, so you can think of it as being S/Sv2 only
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "netbpfload.31rc",
+    src: "netbpfload.31rc",
+    filename: "netbpfload.rc", // intentional: .31rc wouldn't take effect on S
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+// Versioned netbpfload init rc: init system will process it only on api T/33+ devices
 prebuilt_etc {
     name: "netbpfload.33rc",
     src: "netbpfload.33rc",