diff --git a/Tethering/apex/Android.bp b/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
index 164bda41db..917bf2116e 100644
--- a/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ apex {
     // cannot build as updatable unless service-connectivity builds against stable API).
     updatable: false,
     // min_sdk_version: "30",
+    bootclasspath_fragments: [
+        "com.android.tethering-bootclasspath-fragment",
+    ],
     java_libs: [
-        "framework-tethering",
         "service-connectivity",
     ],
     jni_libs: [
@@ -56,6 +58,13 @@ android_app_certificate {
     certificate: "com.android.tethering",
 }
 
+// Encapsulate the contributions made by the com.android.tethering to the bootclasspath.
+bootclasspath_fragment {
+    name: "com.android.tethering-bootclasspath-fragment",
+    contents: ["framework-tethering"],
+    apex_available: ["com.android.tethering"],
+}
+
 override_apex {
     name: "com.android.tethering.inprocess",
     base: "com.android.tethering",