diff --git a/compos/Android.bp b/compos/Android.bp
index ea7c4d6..0890e9d 100644
--- a/compos/Android.bp
+++ b/compos/Android.bp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     edition: "2021",
     srcs: ["src/compsvc_main.rs"],
     rustlibs: [
-        "android.system.virtualmachineservice-rust",
         "authfs_aidl_interface-rust",
         "compos_aidl_interface-rust",
         "libandroid_logger",
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
         "librpcbinder_rs",
         "librustutils",
         "libscopeguard",
+        "libvm_payload_bindgen",
     ],
     prefer_rlib: true,
     shared_libs: [
diff --git a/compos/src/compsvc_main.rs b/compos/src/compsvc_main.rs
index 16d258e..64e2ced 100644
--- a/compos/src/compsvc_main.rs
+++ b/compos/src/compsvc_main.rs
@@ -22,20 +22,12 @@
 mod compsvc;
 mod fsverity;
 
-use android_system_virtualmachineservice::{
-    aidl::android::system::virtualmachineservice::IVirtualMachineService::{
-        IVirtualMachineService, VM_BINDER_SERVICE_PORT,
-    },
-    binder::Strong,
-};
-use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use compos_common::COMPOS_VSOCK_PORT;
 use log::{debug, error};
-use rpcbinder::{get_vsock_rpc_interface, run_rpc_server};
+use rpcbinder::run_rpc_server;
 use std::panic;
-
-/// The CID representing the host VM
-const VMADDR_CID_HOST: u32 = 2;
+use vm_payload_bindgen::notify_payload_ready;
 
 fn main() {
     if let Err(e) = try_main() {
@@ -54,14 +46,10 @@
     }));
 
     let service = compsvc::new_binder()?.as_binder();
-    let vm_service = get_vm_service()?;
-
     debug!("compsvc is starting as a rpc service.");
-
-    let retval = run_rpc_server(service, COMPOS_VSOCK_PORT, || {
-        if let Err(e) = vm_service.notifyPayloadReady() {
-            error!("Unable to notify ready: {}", e);
-        }
+    // SAFETY: Invokes a method from the bindgen library `vm_payload_bindgen`.
+    let retval = run_rpc_server(service, COMPOS_VSOCK_PORT, || unsafe {
+        notify_payload_ready();
     });
     if retval {
         debug!("RPC server has shut down gracefully");
@@ -70,8 +58,3 @@
         bail!("Premature termination of RPC server");
     }
 }
-
-fn get_vm_service() -> Result<Strong<dyn IVirtualMachineService>> {
-    get_vsock_rpc_interface(VMADDR_CID_HOST, VM_BINDER_SERVICE_PORT as u32)
-        .context("Connecting to IVirtualMachineService")
-}
diff --git a/microdroid/vm_payload/Android.bp b/microdroid/vm_payload/Android.bp
index 4bfe603..a68595f 100644
--- a/microdroid/vm_payload/Android.bp
+++ b/microdroid/vm_payload/Android.bp
@@ -19,3 +19,15 @@
         "com.android.compos",
     ],
 }
+
+rust_bindgen {
+    name: "libvm_payload_bindgen",
+    wrapper_src: "include/vm_payload.h",
+    crate_name: "vm_payload_bindgen",
+    source_stem: "bindings",
+    apex_available: ["com.android.compos"],
+    visibility: ["//packages/modules/Virtualization/compos"],
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libvm_payload",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/microdroid/vm_payload/include/vm_payload.h b/microdroid/vm_payload/include/vm_payload.h
index 4b77b43..0744146 100644
--- a/microdroid/vm_payload/include/vm_payload.h
+++ b/microdroid/vm_payload/include/vm_payload.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * Notifies the host that the payload is ready.
  * Returns true if the notification succeeds else false.
  */
-bool notify_payload_ready();
+bool notify_payload_ready(void);
 
 /**
  * Get a secret that is uniquely bound to this VM instance. The secrets are 32-byte values and the