diff --git a/apex/Android.bp b/apex/Android.bp
index 0eb8b9e..99b2dee 100644
--- a/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/Android.bp
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@
             androidManifest: "AndroidManifest.xml",
         },
         release_avf_enable_network: {
+            prebuilts: [
+                "com.android.virt.vmnic.rc",
+            ],
             arch: {
                 arm64: {
                     binaries: ["vmnic"],
@@ -256,14 +259,21 @@
     name: "com.android.virt.init.rc",
     src: ":virtualizationservice_rc_combined",
     filename: "virtualizationservice.rc",
-    installable: false,
+    no_full_install: true,
 }
 
 prebuilt_etc {
     name: "com.android.virt.vfio_handler.rc",
     src: "vfio_handler.rc",
     filename: "vfio_handler.rc",
-    installable: false,
+    no_full_install: true,
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "com.android.virt.vmnic.rc",
+    src: "vmnic.rc",
+    filename: "vmnic.rc",
+    no_full_install: true,
 }
 
 // Virt apex needs a custom signer for its payload
diff --git a/apex/vmnic.rc b/apex/vmnic.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..486f387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apex/vmnic.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 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.
+
+service vmnic /apex/com.android.virt/bin/vmnic
+    user system
+    group system
+    interface aidl android.system.virtualizationservice_internal.IVmnic
+    disabled
+    oneshot