diff --git a/Tethering/apex/Android.bp b/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
index bb3dc24caa..13653d8f12 100644
--- a/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ apex {
     },
     binaries: [
         "clatd",
+        "ot-daemon",
     ],
     canned_fs_config: "canned_fs_config",
     bpfs: [
@@ -111,7 +112,10 @@ apex {
     apps: [
         "ServiceConnectivityResources",
     ],
-    prebuilts: ["current_sdkinfo"],
+    prebuilts: [
+        "ot-daemon.init.34rc",
+        "current_sdkinfo",
+    ],
     manifest: "manifest.json",
     key: "com.android.tethering.key",
     // Indicates that pre-installed version of this apex can be compressed.
diff --git a/thread/apex/Android.bp b/thread/apex/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28854f2a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thread/apex/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+package {
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["Android-Apache-2.0"],
+}
+
+// Versioned ot-daemon init file which will be processed by the system on 34+ devices.
+// See https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/HEAD/init/README.md#versioned-rc-files-within-apexs
+// for details of versioned rc files.
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "ot-daemon.init.34rc",
+    src: "ot-daemon.34rc",
+    filename: "init.34rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
diff --git a/thread/apex/ot-daemon.34rc b/thread/apex/ot-daemon.34rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1eb1294d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thread/apex/ot-daemon.34rc
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+service ot-daemon /apex/com.android.tethering/bin/ot-daemon -I thread-wpan --auto-attach=0 threadnetwork_hal://binder?none
+    interface aidl ot_daemon
+    disabled
+    oneshot
+    updatable
+    class main
+    user thread_network
+    group thread_network inet system
+    seclabel u:r:ot_daemon:s0
+    override