diff --git a/libs/apexutil/Android.bp b/libs/apexutil/Android.bp
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+package {
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["Android-Apache-2.0"],
+}
+
+rust_defaults {
+    name: "libapexutil_rust.defaults",
+    crate_name: "apexutil",
+    host_supported: true,
+    srcs: ["src/lib.rs"],
+    prefer_rlib: true,
+    edition: "2018",
+    rustlibs: [
+        "libavb_bindgen",
+        "liblog_rust",
+        "libthiserror",
+        "libzip",
+    ],
+}
+
+rust_library {
+    name: "libapexutil_rust",
+    defaults: ["libapexutil_rust.defaults"],
+}
+
+rust_test {
+    name: "libapexutil_rust.test",
+    defaults: ["libapexutil_rust.defaults"],
+    test_suites: ["general-tests"],
+    data: ["tests/data/*"],
+    target: {
+        host: {
+            // TODO(b/204562227): remove once the build does this automatically
+            data_libs: [
+                "libc++",
+                "libcrypto",
+                "libz",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+}