diff --git a/adb/Android.bp b/adb/Android.bp
index 9c7a1b9..d605907 100644
--- a/adb/Android.bp
+++ b/adb/Android.bp
@@ -356,11 +356,11 @@
     generated_headers: ["platform_tools_version"],
 
     static_libs: [
-        "libadbconnection_server",
         "libdiagnose_usb",
     ],
 
     shared_libs: [
+        "libadbconnection_server",
         "libadbd_auth",
         "libasyncio",
         "libbase",
@@ -409,12 +409,12 @@
     ],
 
     static_libs: [
-        "libadbconnection_server",
         "libadbd_core",
         "libdiagnose_usb",
     ],
 
     shared_libs: [
+        "libadbconnection_server",
         "libadbd_auth",
         "libasyncio",
         "libbase",
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@
     ],
 
     shared_libs: [
+        "libadbconnection_server",
         "libadbd_auth",
         "libadbd_services",
         "libasyncio",
@@ -495,18 +496,27 @@
         keep_symbols: true,
     },
 
-    shared_libs: [
+    stl: "libc++_static",
+    static_libs: [
         "libadbd",
         "libadbd_auth",
         "libadbd_services",
+        "libasyncio",
         "libbase",
         "libcap",
-        "libcrypto",
+        "libcrypto_utils",
         "libcutils",
+        "libdiagnose_usb",
         "liblog",
+        "libmdnssd",
         "libminijail",
         "libselinux",
     ],
+
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libadbconnection_server",
+        "libcrypto",
+    ],
 }
 
 phony {
@@ -527,53 +537,6 @@
 }
 
 cc_binary {
-    name: "static_adbd",
-    defaults: ["adbd_defaults", "host_adbd_supported"],
-
-    recovery_available: false,
-    static_executable: true,
-    host_supported: false,
-
-    srcs: [
-        "daemon/main.cpp",
-    ],
-
-    cflags: [
-        "-D_GNU_SOURCE",
-        "-Wno-deprecated-declarations",
-    ],
-
-    strip: {
-        keep_symbols: true,
-    },
-
-    static_libs: [
-        "libadbconnection_server",
-        "libadbd",
-        "libadbd_services",
-        "libasyncio",
-        "libavb_user",
-        "libbase",
-        "libbootloader_message",
-        "libcap",
-        "libcrypto_static",
-        "libcrypto_utils",
-        "libcutils",
-        "libdiagnose_usb",
-        "libext4_utils",
-        "libfec",
-        "libfec_rs",
-        "libfs_mgr",
-        "liblog",
-        "liblp",
-        "libmdnssd",
-        "libminijail",
-        "libselinux",
-        "libsquashfs_utils",
-    ],
-}
-
-cc_binary {
     name: "abb",
 
     defaults: ["adbd_defaults"],
@@ -765,3 +728,39 @@
         "fastdeploy/testdata/sample.cd",
     ],
 }
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "com.android.adbd.ld.config.txt",
+    src: "apex/ld.config.txt",
+    filename: "ld.config.txt",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+apex {
+    name: "com.android.adbd",
+    manifest: "apex/apex_manifest.json",
+
+    binaries: ["adbd"],
+    prebuilts: ["com.android.adbd.init.rc", "com.android.adbd.ld.config.txt"],
+
+    key: "com.android.adbd.key",
+    certificate: ":com.android.adbd.certificate",
+}
+
+apex_key {
+    name: "com.android.adbd.key",
+    public_key: "apex/com.android.adbd.avbpubkey",
+    private_key: "apex/com.android.adbd.pem",
+}
+
+android_app_certificate {
+    name: "com.android.adbd.certificate",
+    certificate: "apex/com.android.adbd",
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "com.android.adbd.init.rc",
+    src: "apex/adbd.rc",
+    filename: "init.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
diff --git a/adb/apex/adbd.rc b/adb/apex/adbd.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cb072b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/apex/adbd.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+service adbd /apex/com.android.adbd/bin/adbd --root_seclabel=u:r:su:s0
+    class core
+    socket adbd seqpacket 660 system system
+    disabled
+    override
+    seclabel u:r:adbd:s0
diff --git a/adb/apex/apex_manifest.json b/adb/apex/apex_manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff2df12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/apex/apex_manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "com.android.adbd",
+  "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.avbpubkey b/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.avbpubkey
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06235bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.avbpubkey
Binary files differ
diff --git a/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.pem b/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c9a860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
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diff --git a/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.pk8 b/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.pk8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdddc3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.pk8
Binary files differ
diff --git a/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.x509.pem b/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.x509.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb85c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/apex/com.android.adbd.x509.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/adb/apex/ld.config.txt b/adb/apex/ld.config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85f9b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/apex/ld.config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Bionic loader config file for the adbd APEX.
+
+dir.adbd = /apex/com.android.adbd/bin/
+
+[adbd]
+additional.namespaces = platform,art,adbd
+
+namespace.default.isolated = true
+namespace.default.links = art,adbd,platform
+namespace.default.link.art.shared_libs = libadbconnection_server.so
+namespace.default.link.platform.allow_all_shared_libs = true
+namespace.default.link.adbd.allow_all_shared_libs = true
+
+###############################################################################
+# "adbd" APEX namespace
+###############################################################################
+namespace.adbd.isolated = true
+namespace.adbd.search.paths = /apex/com.android.adbd/${LIB}
+namespace.adbd.asan.search.paths = /apex/com.android.adbd/${LIB}
+namespace.adbd.links = platform
+namespace.adbd.link.platform.allow_all_shared_libs = true
+
+###############################################################################
+# "art" APEX namespace: used for libadbdconnection_server
+###############################################################################
+namespace.art.isolated = true
+namespace.art.search.paths = /apex/com.android.art/${LIB}
+namespace.art.asan.search.paths = /apex/com.android.art/${LIB}
+namespace.art.links = platform
+namespace.art.link.platform.allow_all_shared_libs = true
+
+###############################################################################
+# "platform" namespace: used for NDK libraries, and libadbd_auth
+###############################################################################
+namespace.platform.isolated = true
+namespace.platform.search.paths = /system/${LIB}
+namespace.platform.asan.search.paths = /data/asan/system/${LIB}
+
+# /system/lib/libc.so, etc are symlinks to
+# /apex/com.android.runtime/lib/bionic/libc.so, etc. Add the path to the
+# permitted paths because linker uses realpath(3) to check the accessibility
+# of the lib. We could add this to search.paths instead but that makes the
+# resolution of bionic libs be dependent on the order of /system/lib and
+# /apex/.../lib/bionic in search.paths. If the latter is after the former,
+# then the latter is never tried because libc.so is always found in
+# /system/lib but fails to pass the accessibility test because of its realpath.
+# It's better to not depend on the ordering if possible.
+namespace.platform.permitted.paths = /apex/com.android.runtime/${LIB}/bionic
+namespace.platform.asan.permitted.paths = /apex/com.android.runtime/${LIB}/bionic