diff --git a/drm/1.0/default/Android.mk b/drm/1.0/default/Android.mk
index 23a45067b6..7602399842 100644
--- a/drm/1.0/default/Android.mk
+++ b/drm/1.0/default/Android.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
   libhardware \
   liblog \
   libutils \
+  libbinder \
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \
   hardware/interfaces/drm
diff --git a/drm/1.0/default/service.cpp b/drm/1.0/default/service.cpp
index 823f39e3b7..1a44ce225e 100644
--- a/drm/1.0/default/service.cpp
+++ b/drm/1.0/default/service.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <hidl/HidlTransportSupport.h>
 #include <hidl/LegacySupport.h>
 
+#include <binder/ProcessState.h>
+
 using android::hardware::configureRpcThreadpool;
 using android::hardware::joinRpcThreadpool;
 using android::hardware::registerPassthroughServiceImplementation;
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@ using android::hardware::drm::V1_0::IDrmFactory;
 
 int main() {
     ALOGD("android.hardware.drm@1.0-service starting...");
+
+    // The DRM HAL may communicate to other vendor components via
+    // /dev/vndbinder
+    android::ProcessState::initWithDriver("/dev/vndbinder");
+
     configureRpcThreadpool(8, true /* callerWillJoin */);
     android::status_t status =
         registerPassthroughServiceImplementation<IDrmFactory>();