diff --git a/init/devices.h b/init/devices.h
index f9035da..9224fcd 100644
--- a/init/devices.h
+++ b/init/devices.h
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
     DeviceHandler(std::vector<Permissions> dev_permissions,
                   std::vector<SysfsPermissions> sysfs_permissions, std::vector<Subsystem> subsystems,
                   std::set<std::string> boot_devices, bool skip_restorecon);
-    ~DeviceHandler(){};
 
     void HandleDeviceEvent(const Uevent& uevent);
 
diff --git a/init/firmware_handler.cpp b/init/firmware_handler.cpp
index 8c8d9f2..28bda34 100644
--- a/init/firmware_handler.cpp
+++ b/init/firmware_handler.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include <string>
 #include <thread>
 
 #include <android-base/chrono_utils.h>
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@
 namespace android {
 namespace init {
 
+std::vector<std::string> firmware_directories;
+
 static void LoadFirmware(const Uevent& uevent, const std::string& root, int fw_fd, size_t fw_size,
                          int loading_fd, int data_fd) {
     // Start transfer.
@@ -78,12 +79,9 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    static const char* firmware_dirs[] = {"/etc/firmware/", "/odm/firmware/",
-                                          "/vendor/firmware/", "/firmware/image/"};
-
 try_loading_again:
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < arraysize(firmware_dirs); i++) {
-        std::string file = firmware_dirs[i] + uevent.firmware;
+    for (const auto& firmware_directory : firmware_directories) {
+        std::string file = firmware_directory + uevent.firmware;
         unique_fd fw_fd(open(file.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
         struct stat sb;
         if (fw_fd != -1 && fstat(fw_fd, &sb) != -1) {
diff --git a/init/firmware_handler.h b/init/firmware_handler.h
index e456ac4..6081511 100644
--- a/init/firmware_handler.h
+++ b/init/firmware_handler.h
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
 #ifndef _INIT_FIRMWARE_HANDLER_H
 #define _INIT_FIRMWARE_HANDLER_H
 
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
 #include "uevent.h"
 
 namespace android {
 namespace init {
 
+extern std::vector<std::string> firmware_directories;
+
 void HandleFirmwareEvent(const Uevent& uevent);
 
 }  // namespace init
diff --git a/init/ueventd.cpp b/init/ueventd.cpp
index a284203..6809445 100644
--- a/init/ueventd.cpp
+++ b/init/ueventd.cpp
@@ -215,39 +215,6 @@
     LOG(INFO) << "Coldboot took " << cold_boot_timer.duration().count() / 1000.0f << " seconds";
 }
 
-DeviceHandler CreateDeviceHandler() {
-    Parser parser;
-
-    std::vector<Subsystem> subsystems;
-    parser.AddSectionParser("subsystem", std::make_unique<SubsystemParser>(&subsystems));
-
-    using namespace std::placeholders;
-    std::vector<SysfsPermissions> sysfs_permissions;
-    std::vector<Permissions> dev_permissions;
-    parser.AddSingleLineParser("/sys/",
-                               std::bind(ParsePermissionsLine, _1, &sysfs_permissions, nullptr));
-    parser.AddSingleLineParser("/dev/",
-                               std::bind(ParsePermissionsLine, _1, nullptr, &dev_permissions));
-
-    parser.ParseConfig("/ueventd.rc");
-    parser.ParseConfig("/vendor/ueventd.rc");
-    parser.ParseConfig("/odm/ueventd.rc");
-
-    /*
-     * keep the current product name base configuration so
-     * we remain backwards compatible and allow it to override
-     * everything
-     * TODO: cleanup platform ueventd.rc to remove vendor specific
-     * device node entries (b/34968103)
-     */
-    std::string hardware = android::base::GetProperty("ro.hardware", "");
-    parser.ParseConfig("/ueventd." + hardware + ".rc");
-
-    auto boot_devices = fs_mgr_get_boot_devices();
-    return DeviceHandler(std::move(dev_permissions), std::move(sysfs_permissions),
-                         std::move(subsystems), std::move(boot_devices), true);
-}
-
 int ueventd_main(int argc, char** argv) {
     /*
      * init sets the umask to 077 for forked processes. We need to
@@ -263,9 +230,26 @@
     SelinuxSetupKernelLogging();
     SelabelInitialize();
 
-    DeviceHandler device_handler = CreateDeviceHandler();
+    DeviceHandler device_handler;
     UeventListener uevent_listener;
 
+    {
+        // Keep the current product name base configuration so we remain backwards compatible and
+        // allow it to override everything.
+        // TODO: cleanup platform ueventd.rc to remove vendor specific device node entries (b/34968103)
+        auto hardware = android::base::GetProperty("ro.hardware", "");
+
+        auto ueventd_configuration =
+                ParseConfig({"/ueventd.rc", "/vendor/ueventd.rc", "/odm/ueventd.rc", hardware});
+
+        device_handler = DeviceHandler{std::move(ueventd_configuration.dev_permissions),
+                                       std::move(ueventd_configuration.sysfs_permissions),
+                                       std::move(ueventd_configuration.subsystems),
+                                       fs_mgr_get_boot_devices(), true};
+
+        firmware_directories = ueventd_configuration.firmware_directories;
+    }
+
     if (access(COLDBOOT_DONE, F_OK) != 0) {
         ColdBoot cold_boot(uevent_listener, device_handler);
         cold_boot.Run();
diff --git a/init/ueventd_parser.cpp b/init/ueventd_parser.cpp
index f74c878..c114ec7 100644
--- a/init/ueventd_parser.cpp
+++ b/init/ueventd_parser.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <pwd.h>
 
 #include "keyword_map.h"
+#include "parser.h"
 
 namespace android {
 namespace init {
@@ -72,6 +73,33 @@
     return Success();
 }
 
+Result<Success> ParseFirmwareDirectoriesLine(std::vector<std::string>&& args,
+                                             std::vector<std::string>* firmware_directories) {
+    if (args.size() < 2) {
+        return Error() << "firmware_directories must have at least 1 entry";
+    }
+
+    std::move(std::next(args.begin()), args.end(), std::back_inserter(*firmware_directories));
+
+    return Success();
+}
+
+class SubsystemParser : public SectionParser {
+  public:
+    SubsystemParser(std::vector<Subsystem>* subsystems) : subsystems_(subsystems) {}
+    Result<Success> ParseSection(std::vector<std::string>&& args, const std::string& filename,
+                                 int line) override;
+    Result<Success> ParseLineSection(std::vector<std::string>&& args, int line) override;
+    Result<Success> EndSection() override;
+
+  private:
+    Result<Success> ParseDevName(std::vector<std::string>&& args);
+    Result<Success> ParseDirName(std::vector<std::string>&& args);
+
+    Subsystem subsystem_;
+    std::vector<Subsystem>* subsystems_;
+};
+
 Result<Success> SubsystemParser::ParseSection(std::vector<std::string>&& args,
                                               const std::string& filename, int line) {
     if (args.size() != 2) {
@@ -138,5 +166,29 @@
     return Success();
 }
 
+UeventdConfiguration ParseConfig(const std::vector<std::string>& configs) {
+    Parser parser;
+    UeventdConfiguration ueventd_configuration;
+
+    parser.AddSectionParser("subsystem",
+                            std::make_unique<SubsystemParser>(&ueventd_configuration.subsystems));
+
+    using namespace std::placeholders;
+    parser.AddSingleLineParser(
+            "/sys/",
+            std::bind(ParsePermissionsLine, _1, &ueventd_configuration.sysfs_permissions, nullptr));
+    parser.AddSingleLineParser("/dev/", std::bind(ParsePermissionsLine, _1, nullptr,
+                                                  &ueventd_configuration.dev_permissions));
+    parser.AddSingleLineParser("firmware_directories",
+                               std::bind(ParseFirmwareDirectoriesLine, _1,
+                                         &ueventd_configuration.firmware_directories));
+
+    for (const auto& config : configs) {
+        parser.ParseConfig(config);
+    }
+
+    return ueventd_configuration;
+}
+
 }  // namespace init
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/init/ueventd_parser.h b/init/ueventd_parser.h
index 83684f3..343d58b 100644
--- a/init/ueventd_parser.h
+++ b/init/ueventd_parser.h
@@ -21,30 +21,18 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "devices.h"
-#include "parser.h"
 
 namespace android {
 namespace init {
 
-class SubsystemParser : public SectionParser {
-  public:
-    SubsystemParser(std::vector<Subsystem>* subsystems) : subsystems_(subsystems) {}
-    Result<Success> ParseSection(std::vector<std::string>&& args, const std::string& filename,
-                                 int line) override;
-    Result<Success> ParseLineSection(std::vector<std::string>&& args, int line) override;
-    Result<Success> EndSection() override;
-
-  private:
-    Result<Success> ParseDevName(std::vector<std::string>&& args);
-    Result<Success> ParseDirName(std::vector<std::string>&& args);
-
-    Subsystem subsystem_;
-    std::vector<Subsystem>* subsystems_;
+struct UeventdConfiguration {
+    std::vector<Subsystem> subsystems;
+    std::vector<SysfsPermissions> sysfs_permissions;
+    std::vector<Permissions> dev_permissions;
+    std::vector<std::string> firmware_directories;
 };
 
-Result<Success> ParsePermissionsLine(std::vector<std::string>&& args,
-                                     std::vector<SysfsPermissions>* out_sysfs_permissions,
-                                     std::vector<Permissions>* out_dev_permissions);
+UeventdConfiguration ParseConfig(const std::vector<std::string>& configs);
 
 }  // namespace init
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/rootdir/ueventd.rc b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
index b03d83b..2f85dec 100644
--- a/rootdir/ueventd.rc
+++ b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+firmware_directories /etc/firmware/ /odm/firmware/ /vendor/firmware/ /firmware/image/
+
 subsystem adf
     devname uevent_devname