diff --git a/automotive/can/aidl/default/tools/configurator/Android.bp b/automotive/can/aidl/default/tools/configurator/Android.bp
index 1169894a28..4c569e6db3 100644
--- a/automotive/can/aidl/default/tools/configurator/Android.bp
+++ b/automotive/can/aidl/default/tools/configurator/Android.bp
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ cc_binary {
         "android.hardware.automotive.can-V1-ndk",
         "android.hardware.automotive.can-aidl-config-format",
     ],
+    system_ext_specific: true,
 }
diff --git a/automotive/can/aidl/default/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator-aidl.rc b/automotive/can/aidl/default/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator-aidl.rc
index e1b4d3548a..08b1e7b187 100644
--- a/automotive/can/aidl/default/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator-aidl.rc
+++ b/automotive/can/aidl/default/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator-aidl.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-service canhalconfigurator /system/bin/canhalconfigurator-aidl
+service canhalconfigurator /system_ext/bin/canhalconfigurator-aidl
   class core
   oneshot