diff --git a/init/Android.bp b/init/Android.bp
index d939fcc..6ee9132 100644
--- a/init/Android.bp
+++ b/init/Android.bp
@@ -185,9 +185,11 @@
     static_libs: ["libinit"],
     required: [
         "e2fsdroid",
+        "init.rc",
         "mke2fs",
         "sload_f2fs",
         "make_f2fs",
+        "ueventd.rc",
     ],
     srcs: ["main.cpp"],
     symlinks: ["ueventd"],
diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index 6ea2d00..ff86f8d 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
     std::string bootscript = GetProperty("ro.boot.init_rc", "");
     if (bootscript.empty()) {
-        parser.ParseConfig("/init.rc");
+        parser.ParseConfig("/system/etc/init/hw/init.rc");
         if (!parser.ParseConfig("/system/etc/init")) {
             late_import_paths.emplace_back("/system/etc/init");
         }
diff --git a/init/ueventd.cpp b/init/ueventd.cpp
index 59f91ee..d2b503b 100644
--- a/init/ueventd.cpp
+++ b/init/ueventd.cpp
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
     // 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",
+    auto ueventd_configuration = ParseConfig({"/system/etc/ueventd.rc", "/vendor/ueventd.rc",
                                               "/odm/ueventd.rc", "/ueventd." + hardware + ".rc"});
 
     uevent_handlers.emplace_back(std::make_unique<DeviceHandler>(
diff --git a/rootdir/Android.bp b/rootdir/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96b5e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootdir/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2019 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.
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "init.rc",
+    src: "init.rc",
+    sub_dir: "init/hw",
+    required: ["fsverity_init"],
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "ueventd.rc",
+    src: "ueventd.rc",
+    recovery_available: true,
+}
diff --git a/rootdir/Android.mk b/rootdir/Android.mk
index 19f117f..994d9ae 100644
--- a/rootdir/Android.mk
+++ b/rootdir/Android.mk
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
 LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
 
 #######################################
-# init.rc
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-
-LOCAL_MODULE := init.rc
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_MODULE)
-LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := ETC
-LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)
-LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES := fsverity_init
-
-# The init symlink must be a post install command of a file that is to TARGET_ROOT_OUT.
-# Since init.rc is required for init and satisfies that requirement, we hijack it to create the symlink.
-LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD := ln -sf /system/bin/init $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/init
-
-include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
-
-#######################################
 # init-debug.rc
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
@@ -148,6 +132,10 @@
   LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD += ; mkdir -p $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/postinstall
 endif
 
+# The init symlink must be a post install command of a file that is to TARGET_ROOT_OUT.
+# Since init.environ.rc is required for init and satisfies that requirement, we hijack it to create the symlink.
+LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD += ; ln -sf /system/bin/init $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/init
+
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/base_rules.mk
 
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(LOCAL_PATH)/init.environ.rc.in
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 0827247..bc18e27 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 #
 
 import /init.environ.rc
-import /init.usb.rc
+import /system/etc/init/hw/init.usb.rc
 import /init.${ro.hardware}.rc
 import /vendor/etc/init/hw/init.${ro.hardware}.rc
-import /init.usb.configfs.rc
-import /init.${ro.zygote}.rc
+import /system/etc/init/hw/init.usb.configfs.rc
+import /system/etc/init/hw/init.${ro.zygote}.rc
 
 # Cgroups are mounted right before early-init using list from /etc/cgroups.json
 on early-init