diff --git a/uwb/aidl/default/Android.bp b/uwb/aidl/default/Android.bp
index 9621f2cb10..f585de9f06 100644
--- a/uwb/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/uwb/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rust_binary {
     name: "android.hardware.uwb-service",
     crate_name: "uwb_default_hal",
     relative_install_path: "hw",
+    init_rc: ["uwb-service.rc"],
     vintf_fragments: ["uwb-service.xml"],
     vendor: true,
     rustlibs: [
diff --git a/uwb/aidl/default/uwb-service.rc b/uwb/aidl/default/uwb-service.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..958969b85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uwb/aidl/default/uwb-service.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+service vendor.uwb_hal /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.uwb-service ${ro.vendor.uwb.dev}
+    class hal
+    user uwb