diff --git a/init/README.md b/init/README.md
index 2c531df..4b21e32 100644
--- a/init/README.md
+++ b/init/README.md
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@
   since it has some peculiarities for backwards compatibility reasons. The 'imports' section of
   this file has more details on the order.
 
+`parse_apex_configs`
+  Parses config file(s) from the mounted APEXes. Intented to be used only once
+  when apexd notifies the mount event by setting apexd.status to ready.
+
 `priority <priority>`
 > Scheduling priority of the service process. This value has to be in range
   -20 to 19. Default priority is 0. Priority is set via setpriority().
diff --git a/init/builtins.cpp b/init/builtins.cpp
index 5d62c0b..8660d2a 100644
--- a/init/builtins.cpp
+++ b/init/builtins.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <fts.h>
+#include <glob.h>
 #include <linux/loop.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <mntent.h>
@@ -1053,6 +1054,38 @@
         {{"exec", "/system/bin/vdc", "--wait", "cryptfs", "init_user0"}, args.context});
 }
 
+static Result<Success> do_parse_apex_configs(const BuiltinArguments& args) {
+    glob_t glob_result;
+    // @ is added to filter out the later paths, which are bind mounts of the places
+    // where the APEXes are really mounted at. Otherwise, we will parse the
+    // same file twice.
+    static constexpr char glob_pattern[] = "/apex/*@*/etc/*.rc";
+    if (glob(glob_pattern, GLOB_MARK, nullptr, &glob_result) != 0) {
+        globfree(&glob_result);
+        return Error() << "glob pattern '" << glob_pattern << "' failed";
+    }
+    std::vector<std::string> configs;
+    Parser parser = CreateServiceOnlyParser(ServiceList::GetInstance());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < glob_result.gl_pathc; i++) {
+        configs.emplace_back(glob_result.gl_pathv[i]);
+    }
+    globfree(&glob_result);
+
+    bool success = true;
+    for (const auto& c : configs) {
+        if (c.back() == '/') {
+            // skip if directory
+            continue;
+        }
+        success &= parser.ParseConfigFile(c);
+    }
+    if (success) {
+        return Success();
+    } else {
+        return Error() << "Could not parse apex configs";
+    }
+}
+
 // Builtin-function-map start
 const BuiltinFunctionMap::Map& BuiltinFunctionMap::map() const {
     constexpr std::size_t kMax = std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
@@ -1090,6 +1123,7 @@
         // mount and umount are run in the same context as mount_all for symmetry.
         {"mount_all",               {1,     kMax, {false,  do_mount_all}}},
         {"mount",                   {3,     kMax, {false,  do_mount}}},
+        {"parse_apex_configs",      {0,     0,    {false,  do_parse_apex_configs}}},
         {"umount",                  {1,     1,    {false,  do_umount}}},
         {"readahead",               {1,     2,    {true,   do_readahead}}},
         {"restart",                 {1,     1,    {false,  do_restart}}},
diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index 90803f7..e7dbc11 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@
     return parser;
 }
 
+// parser that only accepts new services
+Parser CreateServiceOnlyParser(ServiceList& service_list) {
+    Parser parser;
+
+    parser.AddSectionParser("service", std::make_unique<ServiceParser>(&service_list, subcontexts));
+    return parser;
+}
+
 static void LoadBootScripts(ActionManager& action_manager, ServiceList& service_list) {
     Parser parser = CreateParser(action_manager, service_list);
 
diff --git a/init/init.h b/init/init.h
index f244ad7..65405aa 100644
--- a/init/init.h
+++ b/init/init.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 extern std::vector<std::string> late_import_paths;
 
 Parser CreateParser(ActionManager& action_manager, ServiceList& service_list);
+Parser CreateServiceOnlyParser(ServiceList& service_list);
 
 void HandleControlMessage(const std::string& msg, const std::string& arg, pid_t pid);
 
diff --git a/init/parser.h b/init/parser.h
index 2454b6a..f30bda7 100644
--- a/init/parser.h
+++ b/init/parser.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     Parser();
 
     bool ParseConfig(const std::string& path);
+    bool ParseConfigFile(const std::string& path);
     void AddSectionParser(const std::string& name, std::unique_ptr<SectionParser> parser);
     void AddSingleLineParser(const std::string& prefix, LineCallback callback);
 
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@
 
   private:
     void ParseData(const std::string& filename, std::string* data);
-    bool ParseConfigFile(const std::string& path);
     bool ParseConfigDir(const std::string& path);
 
     std::map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<SectionParser>> section_parsers_;