diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 35b7cc0..ba7e392 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
     libchromeos-policy
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
     main.cc
+LOCAL_INIT_RC := update_engine.rc
 $(eval $(update_engine_common))
 include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
 
diff --git a/update_engine.rc b/update_engine.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b48da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update_engine.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+on boot
+    mkdir /data/misc/update_engine 0700 system system
+
+service update_engine /system/bin/update_engine --logtostderr --foreground
+    class main
+    user system
+    group system dbus inet