diff --git a/vm/Android.bp b/vm/Android.bp
index d1d53d0..2b83ca7 100644
--- a/vm/Android.bp
+++ b/vm/Android.bp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         "libserde",
         "libstructopt",
         "libvmconfig",
+        "libvmclient",
         "libzip",
     ],
     apex_available: [
diff --git a/vm/src/main.rs b/vm/src/main.rs
index 705e38f..8450b41 100644
--- a/vm/src/main.rs
+++ b/vm/src/main.rs
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 mod create_idsig;
 mod create_partition;
 mod run;
-mod sync;
 
 use android_system_virtualizationservice::aidl::android::system::virtualizationservice::{
     IVirtualizationService::IVirtualizationService, PartitionType::PartitionType,
     VirtualMachineAppConfig::DebugLevel::DebugLevel,
 };
-use android_system_virtualizationservice::binder::{wait_for_interface, ProcessState, Strong};
+use android_system_virtualizationservice::binder::ProcessState;
 use anyhow::{Context, Error};
 use create_idsig::command_create_idsig;
 use create_partition::command_create_partition;
@@ -33,9 +32,6 @@
 use structopt::clap::AppSettings;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
-const VIRTUALIZATION_SERVICE_BINDER_SERVICE_IDENTIFIER: &str =
-    "android.system.virtualizationservice";
-
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct Idsigs(Vec<PathBuf>);
 
@@ -191,9 +187,7 @@
     // We need to start the thread pool for Binder to work properly, especially link_to_death.
     ProcessState::start_thread_pool();
 
-    let service: Strong<dyn IVirtualizationService> =
-        wait_for_interface(VIRTUALIZATION_SERVICE_BINDER_SERVICE_IDENTIFIER)
-            .context("Failed to find VirtualizationService")?;
+    let service = vmclient::connect().context("Failed to find VirtualizationService")?;
 
     match opt {
         Opt::RunApp {
diff --git a/vm/src/run.rs b/vm/src/run.rs
index 2ae2c95..ca71665 100644
--- a/vm/src/run.rs
+++ b/vm/src/run.rs
@@ -15,19 +15,18 @@
 //! Command to run a VM.
 
 use crate::create_partition::command_create_partition;
-use crate::sync::AtomicFlag;
 use android_system_virtualizationservice::aidl::android::system::virtualizationservice::{
-    DeathReason::DeathReason, IVirtualMachine::IVirtualMachine,
-    IVirtualMachineCallback::BnVirtualMachineCallback,
-    IVirtualMachineCallback::IVirtualMachineCallback,
-    IVirtualizationService::IVirtualizationService, PartitionType::PartitionType,
+    DeathReason::DeathReason,
+    IVirtualMachineCallback::{BnVirtualMachineCallback, IVirtualMachineCallback},
+    IVirtualizationService::IVirtualizationService,
+    PartitionType::PartitionType,
     VirtualMachineAppConfig::DebugLevel::DebugLevel,
-    VirtualMachineAppConfig::VirtualMachineAppConfig, VirtualMachineConfig::VirtualMachineConfig,
+    VirtualMachineAppConfig::VirtualMachineAppConfig,
+    VirtualMachineConfig::VirtualMachineConfig,
     VirtualMachineState::VirtualMachineState,
 };
 use android_system_virtualizationservice::binder::{
-    BinderFeatures, DeathRecipient, IBinder, Interface, ParcelFileDescriptor,
-    Result as BinderResult,
+    BinderFeatures, Interface, ParcelFileDescriptor, Result as BinderResult,
 };
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Error};
 use microdroid_payload_config::VmPayloadConfig;
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
 use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use vmclient::VmInstance;
 use vmconfig::{open_parcel_file, VmConfig};
 use zip::ZipArchive;
 
@@ -173,78 +173,53 @@
     log_path: Option<&Path>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let console = if let Some(console_path) = console_path {
-        Some(ParcelFileDescriptor::new(
+        Some(
             File::create(console_path)
                 .with_context(|| format!("Failed to open console file {:?}", console_path))?,
-        ))
+        )
     } else if daemonize {
         None
     } else {
-        Some(ParcelFileDescriptor::new(duplicate_stdout()?))
+        Some(duplicate_stdout()?)
     };
     let log = if let Some(log_path) = log_path {
-        Some(ParcelFileDescriptor::new(
+        Some(
             File::create(log_path)
                 .with_context(|| format!("Failed to open log file {:?}", log_path))?,
-        ))
+        )
     } else if daemonize {
         None
     } else {
-        Some(ParcelFileDescriptor::new(duplicate_stdout()?))
+        Some(duplicate_stdout()?)
     };
 
-    let vm =
-        service.createVm(config, console.as_ref(), log.as_ref()).context("Failed to create VM")?;
+    let vm = VmInstance::create(service, config, console, log).context("Failed to create VM")?;
+    let callback =
+        BnVirtualMachineCallback::new_binder(VirtualMachineCallback {}, BinderFeatures::default());
+    vm.vm.registerCallback(&callback)?;
+    vm.start().context("Failed to start VM")?;
 
-    let cid = vm.getCid().context("Failed to get CID")?;
     println!(
         "Created VM from {} with CID {}, state is {}.",
         config_path,
-        cid,
-        state_to_str(vm.getState()?)
+        vm.cid(),
+        state_to_str(vm.state()?)
     );
-    vm.start()?;
-    println!("Started VM, state now {}.", state_to_str(vm.getState()?));
 
     if daemonize {
         // Pass the VM reference back to VirtualizationService and have it hold it in the
         // background.
-        service.debugHoldVmRef(&vm).context("Failed to pass VM to VirtualizationService")
+        service.debugHoldVmRef(&vm.vm).context("Failed to pass VM to VirtualizationService")?;
     } else {
         // Wait until the VM or VirtualizationService dies. If we just returned immediately then the
         // IVirtualMachine Binder object would be dropped and the VM would be killed.
-        wait_for_vm(vm.as_ref())
+        let death_reason = vm.wait_for_death();
+        println!("{}", death_reason);
     }
-}
 
-/// Wait until the given VM or the VirtualizationService itself dies.
-fn wait_for_vm(vm: &dyn IVirtualMachine) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let dead = AtomicFlag::default();
-    let callback = BnVirtualMachineCallback::new_binder(
-        VirtualMachineCallback { dead: dead.clone() },
-        BinderFeatures::default(),
-    );
-    vm.registerCallback(&callback)?;
-    let death_recipient = wait_for_death(&mut vm.as_binder(), dead.clone())?;
-    dead.wait();
-    // Ensure that death_recipient isn't dropped before we wait on the flag, as it is removed
-    // from the Binder when it's dropped.
-    drop(death_recipient);
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Raise the given flag when the given Binder object dies.
-///
-/// If the returned DeathRecipient is dropped then this will no longer do anything.
-fn wait_for_death(binder: &mut impl IBinder, dead: AtomicFlag) -> Result<DeathRecipient, Error> {
-    let mut death_recipient = DeathRecipient::new(move || {
-        eprintln!("VirtualizationService unexpectedly died");
-        dead.raise();
-    });
-    binder.link_to_death(&mut death_recipient)?;
-    Ok(death_recipient)
-}
-
 fn parse_extra_apk_list(apk: &Path, config_path: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
     let mut archive = ZipArchive::new(File::open(apk)?)?;
     let config_file = archive.by_name(config_path)?;
@@ -253,9 +228,7 @@
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-struct VirtualMachineCallback {
-    dead: AtomicFlag,
-}
+struct VirtualMachineCallback {}
 
 impl Interface for VirtualMachineCallback {}
 
@@ -295,31 +268,7 @@
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn onDied(&self, _cid: i32, reason: DeathReason) -> BinderResult<()> {
-        self.dead.raise();
-
-        match reason {
-            DeathReason::INFRASTRUCTURE_ERROR => println!("Error waiting for VM to finish."),
-            DeathReason::KILLED => println!("VM was killed."),
-            DeathReason::UNKNOWN => println!("VM died for an unknown reason."),
-            DeathReason::SHUTDOWN => println!("VM shutdown cleanly."),
-            DeathReason::ERROR => println!("Error starting VM."),
-            DeathReason::REBOOT => println!("VM tried to reboot, possibly due to a kernel panic."),
-            DeathReason::CRASH => println!("VM crashed."),
-            DeathReason::PVM_FIRMWARE_PUBLIC_KEY_MISMATCH => println!(
-                "pVM firmware failed to verify the VM because the public key doesn't match."
-            ),
-            DeathReason::PVM_FIRMWARE_INSTANCE_IMAGE_CHANGED => {
-                println!("pVM firmware failed to verify the VM because the instance image changed.")
-            }
-            DeathReason::BOOTLOADER_PUBLIC_KEY_MISMATCH => {
-                println!("Bootloader failed to verify the VM because the public key doesn't match.")
-            }
-            DeathReason::BOOTLOADER_INSTANCE_IMAGE_CHANGED => {
-                println!("Bootloader failed to verify the VM because the instance image changed.")
-            }
-            _ => println!("VM died for an unrecognised reason."),
-        }
+    fn onDied(&self, _cid: i32, _reason: DeathReason) -> BinderResult<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/vm/src/sync.rs b/vm/src/sync.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 82839b3..0000000
--- a/vm/src/sync.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 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.
-
-//! Synchronisation utilities.
-
-use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
-
-/// A flag which one thread can use to notify other threads when a condition becomes true. This is
-/// something like a single-use binary semaphore.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct AtomicFlag {
-    state: Arc<(Mutex<bool>, Condvar)>,
-}
-
-impl Default for AtomicFlag {
-    #[allow(clippy::mutex_atomic)]
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self { state: Arc::new((Mutex::new(false), Condvar::new())) }
-    }
-}
-
-#[allow(clippy::mutex_atomic)]
-impl AtomicFlag {
-    /// Wait until the flag is set.
-    pub fn wait(&self) {
-        let _flag = self.state.1.wait_while(self.state.0.lock().unwrap(), |flag| !*flag).unwrap();
-    }
-
-    /// Set the flag, and notify all waiting threads.
-    pub fn raise(&self) {
-        let mut flag = self.state.0.lock().unwrap();
-        *flag = true;
-        self.state.1.notify_all();
-    }
-}