diff --git a/microdroid/Android.bp b/microdroid/Android.bp
index 5440695..2d3f084 100644
--- a/microdroid/Android.bp
+++ b/microdroid/Android.bp
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
     "apex",
     "linkerconfig",
     "second_stage_resources",
+
+    // Ideally we should only create the /vendor for Microdroid VMs that will mount /vendor, but
+    // for the time being we will just create it unconditionally.
+    "vendor",
 ]
 
 microdroid_symlinks = [