diff --git a/memtrack/1.0/default/Android.bp b/memtrack/1.0/default/Android.bp
index c6ab6b9e61..50d2318da8 100644
--- a/memtrack/1.0/default/Android.bp
+++ b/memtrack/1.0/default/Android.bp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ cc_library_shared {
 cc_binary {
     relative_install_path: "hw",
     name: "android.hardware.memtrack@1.0-service",
+    init_rc: ["android.hardware.memtrack@1.0-service.rc"],
     srcs: ["service.cpp"],
 
     shared_libs: [
diff --git a/memtrack/1.0/default/android.hardware.memtrack@1.0-service.rc b/memtrack/1.0/default/android.hardware.memtrack@1.0-service.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14e7d0081f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memtrack/1.0/default/android.hardware.memtrack@1.0-service.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+service memtrack-hal-1-0 /system/bin/hw/android.hardware.memtrack@1.0-service
+    class hal
+    user system
+    group system