diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.1/IEvsEnumerator.hal b/automotive/evs/1.1/IEvsEnumerator.hal
index 1695821baa..7752b0e330 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/1.1/IEvsEnumerator.hal
+++ b/automotive/evs/1.1/IEvsEnumerator.hal
@@ -47,4 +47,11 @@ interface IEvsEnumerator extends @1.0::IEvsEnumerator {
      *                   configured differently by another client.
      */
     openCamera_1_1(string cameraId, Stream streamCfg) generates (IEvsCamera evsCamera);
+
+    /**
+     * Tells whether this is EVS manager or HAL implementation.
+     *
+     * @return result False for EVS manager implementations and true for all others.
+     */
+    isHardware() generates (bool result);
 };
diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.1/default/EvsEnumerator.h b/automotive/evs/1.1/default/EvsEnumerator.h
index 475ec76b93..ca35dc6f8a 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/1.1/default/EvsEnumerator.h
+++ b/automotive/evs/1.1/default/EvsEnumerator.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public:
     Return<void> getCameraList_1_1(getCameraList_1_1_cb _hidl_cb)  override;
     Return<sp<IEvsCamera_1_1>>  openCamera_1_1(const hidl_string& cameraId,
                                                const Stream& streamCfg) override;
+    Return<bool> isHardware() override { return true; }
 
     // Implementation details
     EvsEnumerator();
diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.1/default/ServiceNames.h b/automotive/evs/1.1/default/ServiceNames.h
index 1178da5a9c..84b1697d0f 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/1.1/default/ServiceNames.h
+++ b/automotive/evs/1.1/default/ServiceNames.h
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-const static char kEnumeratorServiceName[] = "EvsEnumeratorHw";
+const static char kEnumeratorServiceName[] = "hw/0";
diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.1/vts/functional/VtsHalEvsV1_1TargetTest.cpp b/automotive/evs/1.1/vts/functional/VtsHalEvsV1_1TargetTest.cpp
index 4fc4e4c144..1a622452da 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/1.1/vts/functional/VtsHalEvsV1_1TargetTest.cpp
+++ b/automotive/evs/1.1/vts/functional/VtsHalEvsV1_1TargetTest.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public:
         pEnumerator = getService<IEvsEnumerator>(service_name);
         ASSERT_NE(pEnumerator.get(), nullptr);
 
-        mIsHwModule = !service_name.compare(kEnumeratorName);
+        mIsHwModule = pEnumerator->isHardware();
     }
 
     virtual void TearDown() override {
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml
index aac31af11e..9a8f336ff3 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         <interface>
             <name>IEvsEnumerator</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
+            <regex-instance>[a-z]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
     <hal format="aidl" optional="true">