diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index da63fdc..4bb8eec 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -832,6 +832,12 @@
     CHECKCALL(mount("tmpfs", "/apex", "tmpfs", MS_NOEXEC | MS_NOSUID | MS_NODEV,
                     "mode=0755,uid=0,gid=0"));
 
+    if (NeedsTwoMountNamespaces()) {
+        // /bootstrap-apex is used to mount "bootstrap" APEXes.
+        CHECKCALL(mount("tmpfs", "/bootstrap-apex", "tmpfs", MS_NOEXEC | MS_NOSUID | MS_NODEV,
+                        "mode=0755,uid=0,gid=0"));
+    }
+
     // /linkerconfig is used to keep generated linker configuration
     CHECKCALL(mount("tmpfs", "/linkerconfig", "tmpfs", MS_NOEXEC | MS_NOSUID | MS_NODEV,
                     "mode=0755,uid=0,gid=0"));
diff --git a/init/mount_namespace.cpp b/init/mount_namespace.cpp
index 5b53d50..7918f23 100644
--- a/init/mount_namespace.cpp
+++ b/init/mount_namespace.cpp
@@ -66,15 +66,6 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
-// In case we have two sets of APEXes (non-updatable, updatable), we need two separate mount
-// namespaces.
-static bool NeedsTwoMountNamespaces() {
-    if (IsRecoveryMode()) return false;
-    // In microdroid, there's only one set of APEXes in built-in directories include block devices.
-    if (IsMicrodroid()) return false;
-    return true;
-}
-
 static android::base::unique_fd bootstrap_ns_fd;
 static android::base::unique_fd default_ns_fd;
 
@@ -83,6 +74,15 @@
 
 }  // namespace
 
+// In case we have two sets of APEXes (non-updatable, updatable), we need two separate mount
+// namespaces.
+bool NeedsTwoMountNamespaces() {
+    if (IsRecoveryMode()) return false;
+    // In microdroid, there's only one set of APEXes in built-in directories include block devices.
+    if (IsMicrodroid()) return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool SetupMountNamespaces() {
     // Set the propagation type of / as shared so that any mounting event (e.g.
     // /data) is by default visible to all processes. When private mounting is
@@ -163,6 +163,23 @@
             PLOG(ERROR) << "Cannot switch back to bootstrap mount namespace";
             return false;
         }
+
+        // Some components (e.g. servicemanager) need to access bootstrap
+        // APEXes from the default mount namespace. To achieve that, we bind-mount
+        // /apex to /bootstrap-apex in the bootstrap mount namespace. Since /bootstrap-apex
+        // is "shared", the mounts are visible in the default mount namespace as well.
+        //
+        // The end result will look like:
+        //   in the bootstrap mount namespace:
+        //     /apex  (== /bootstrap-apex)
+        //       {bootstrap APEXes from the read-only partition}
+        //
+        //   in the default mount namespace:
+        //     /bootstrap-apex
+        //       {bootstrap APEXes from the read-only partition}
+        //     /apex
+        //       {APEXes, can be from /data partition}
+        if (!(BindMount("/bootstrap-apex", "/apex"))) return false;
     } else {
         // Otherwise, default == bootstrap
         default_ns_fd.reset(OpenMountNamespace());
diff --git a/init/mount_namespace.h b/init/mount_namespace.h
index 5e3dab2..43c5476 100644
--- a/init/mount_namespace.h
+++ b/init/mount_namespace.h
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
 enum MountNamespace { NS_BOOTSTRAP, NS_DEFAULT };
 
 bool SetupMountNamespaces();
+
 base::Result<void> SwitchToMountNamespaceIfNeeded(MountNamespace target_mount_namespace);
 
 base::Result<MountNamespace> GetCurrentMountNamespace();
 
+bool NeedsTwoMountNamespaces();
+
 }  // namespace init
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/init/selinux.cpp b/init/selinux.cpp
index f34474f..ebdcaa6 100644
--- a/init/selinux.cpp
+++ b/init/selinux.cpp
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
     selinux_android_restorecon("/dev/device-mapper", 0);
 
     selinux_android_restorecon("/apex", 0);
-
+    selinux_android_restorecon("/bootstrap-apex", 0);
     selinux_android_restorecon("/linkerconfig", 0);
 
     // adb remount, snapshot-based updates, and DSUs all create files during
diff --git a/rootdir/Android.mk b/rootdir/Android.mk
index 3362872..5218753 100644
--- a/rootdir/Android.mk
+++ b/rootdir/Android.mk
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 #
 # create some directories (some are mount points) and symlinks
 LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD := mkdir -p $(addprefix $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/, \
-    dev proc sys system data data_mirror odm oem acct config storage mnt apex debug_ramdisk \
+    dev proc sys system data data_mirror odm oem acct config storage mnt apex bootstrap-apex debug_ramdisk \
     linkerconfig second_stage_resources postinstall $(BOARD_ROOT_EXTRA_FOLDERS)); \
     ln -sf /system/bin $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/bin; \
     ln -sf /system/etc $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/etc; \