diff --git a/compos/composd/Android.bp b/compos/composd/Android.bp
index a76d96c..2ab12e3 100644
--- a/compos/composd/Android.bp
+++ b/compos/composd/Android.bp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
         "libbinder_rs",
         "libcompos_common",
         "libcomposd_native_rust",
+        "libminijail_rust",
+        "libnix",
         "libnum_traits",
         "liblog_rust",
         "librustutils",
diff --git a/compos/composd/src/composd_main.rs b/compos/composd/src/composd_main.rs
index f9751c3..57f64a5 100644
--- a/compos/composd/src/composd_main.rs
+++ b/compos/composd/src/composd_main.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 //! them, and orchestrating trusted compilation.
 
 mod compilation_task;
+mod fd_server_helper;
 mod instance_manager;
 mod instance_starter;
 mod internal_service;
diff --git a/compos/composd/src/fd_server_helper.rs b/compos/composd/src/fd_server_helper.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2dab9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compos/composd/src/fd_server_helper.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 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.
+ */
+
+//! A helper library to start a fd_server.
+//!
+//! TODO(205750213): Make it easy to spawn a fd_server.
+
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use log::debug;
+use minijail::Minijail;
+use nix::fcntl::OFlag;
+use nix::unistd::pipe2;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+const FD_SERVER_BIN: &str = "/apex/com.android.virt/bin/fd_server";
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn spawn_fd_server(input_fds: &[i32], output_fds: &[i32], ready_file: File) -> Result<Minijail> {
+    let mut inheritable_fds = Vec::new();
+    let mut args = vec![FD_SERVER_BIN.to_string()];
+    for fd in input_fds {
+        args.push("--ro-fds".to_string());
+        args.push(fd.to_string());
+        inheritable_fds.push(*fd);
+    }
+    for fd in output_fds {
+        args.push("--rw-fds".to_string());
+        args.push(fd.to_string());
+        inheritable_fds.push(*fd);
+    }
+    let ready_fd = ready_file.as_raw_fd();
+    args.push("--ready-fd".to_string());
+    args.push(ready_fd.to_string());
+    inheritable_fds.push(ready_fd);
+
+    let jail = Minijail::new()?;
+    let _pid = jail.run(Path::new(FD_SERVER_BIN), &inheritable_fds, &args)?;
+    Ok(jail)
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn create_pipe() -> Result<(File, File)> {
+    let (raw_read, raw_write) = pipe2(OFlag::O_CLOEXEC)?;
+    // SAFETY: We are the sole owners of these fds as they were just created.
+    let read_fd = unsafe { File::from_raw_fd(raw_read) };
+    let write_fd = unsafe { File::from_raw_fd(raw_write) };
+    Ok((read_fd, write_fd))
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn wait_for_fd_server_ready(mut ready_fd: File) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut buffer = [0];
+    // When fd_server is ready it closes its end of the pipe. And if it exits, the pipe is also
+    // closed. Either way this read will return 0 bytes at that point, and there's no point waiting
+    // any longer.
+    let _ = ready_fd.read(&mut buffer).context("Waiting for fd_server to be ready")?;
+    debug!("fd_server is ready");
+    Ok(())
+}