diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/Android.bp b/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/Android.bp
index cc826bc85f..883d2a9634 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/Android.bp
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/Android.bp
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ cc_binary {
         "android.hardware.automotive.can@1.x-config-format",
         "android.hardware.automotive.can@libcanhaltools",
     ],
+    system_ext_specific: true,
 }
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator.rc b/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator.rc
index 12c24652dd..ff0efd74ae 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator.rc
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-service canhalconfigurator /system/bin/canhalconfigurator
+service canhalconfigurator /system_ext/bin/canhalconfigurator
   class core
   oneshot