diff --git a/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/Android.bp b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/Android.bp
index 5227e51fac..c3a0c03ce7 100644
--- a/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ package {
 
 cc_binary {
     name: "android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor-service.default",
-    init_rc: ["nlinterceptor-default.rc"],
-    vintf_fragments: ["nlinterceptor-default.xml"],
     vendor: true,
     relative_install_path: "hw",
     defaults: ["nlinterceptor@defaults"],
@@ -45,4 +43,35 @@ cc_binary {
         "service.cpp",
         "util.cpp",
     ],
+    installable: false, // installed in APEX
+}
+
+apex {
+    name: "com.android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor",
+    vendor: true,
+    manifest: "apex_manifest.json",
+    file_contexts: "apex_file_contexts",
+    key: "com.android.hardware.key",
+    certificate: ":com.android.hardware.certificate",
+    updatable: false,
+    binaries: [
+        "android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor-service.default",
+    ],
+    prebuilts: [
+        "nlinterceptor.rc",
+        "nlinterceptor.xml",
+    ],
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "nlinterceptor.rc",
+    src: "nlinterceptor.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "nlinterceptor.xml",
+    src: "nlinterceptor.xml",
+    sub_dir: "vintf",
+    installable: false,
 }
diff --git a/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ee544c834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/apex_file_contexts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(/.*)?                                                          u:object_r:vendor_file:s0
+/etc(/.*)?                                                      u:object_r:vendor_configs_file:s0
+/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.net\.nlinterceptor-service\.default	u:object_r:hal_nlinterceptor_default_exec:s0
diff --git a/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ffeac50f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/apex_manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "com.android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor",
+    "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor-default.rc b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor-default.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 353cb27cd0..0000000000
--- a/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor-default.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-service nlinterceptor /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor-service.default
-    class hal
-    user root
-    group system inet
diff --git a/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor.rc b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec9baa9e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+service nlinterceptor /apex/com.android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor/bin/hw/android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor-service.default
+    class hal
+    user root
+    group system inet
diff --git a/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor-default.xml b/wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor-default.xml
rename to wifi/netlinkinterceptor/aidl/default/nlinterceptor.xml