diff --git a/init/Android.bp b/init/Android.bp
index b0a59b1b8..5da8e360b 100644
--- a/init/Android.bp
+++ b/init/Android.bp
@@ -235,6 +235,119 @@ cc_binary {
     visibility: ["//packages/modules/Virtualization/microdroid"],
 }
 
+// This currently is only for the VM usecase.
+// TODO(jiyong): replace init_first_stage in Android.mk with this
+cc_binary {
+    name: "init_first_stage_soong",
+    stem: "init_vendor",
+
+    srcs: [
+        "block_dev_initializer.cpp",
+        "devices.cpp",
+        "first_stage_console.cpp",
+        "first_stage_init.cpp",
+        "first_stage_main.cpp",
+        "first_stage_mount.cpp",
+        "reboot_utils.cpp",
+        "selabel.cpp",
+        "selinux.cpp",
+        "service_utils.cpp",
+        "snapuserd_transition.cpp",
+        "switch_root.cpp",
+        "uevent_listener.cpp",
+        "util.cpp",
+    ],
+
+    static_libs: [
+        "libc++fs",
+        "libfs_avb",
+        "libfs_mgr",
+        "libfec",
+        "libfec_rs",
+        "libsquashfs_utils",
+        "liblogwrap",
+        "libext4_utils",
+        "libcrypto_utils",
+        "libsparse",
+        "libavb",
+        "libkeyutils",
+        "liblp",
+        "libcutils",
+        "libbase",
+        "liblog",
+        "libcrypto_static",
+        "libdl",
+        "libz",
+        "libselinux",
+        "libcap",
+        "libgsi",
+        "libcom.android.sysprop.apex",
+        "liblzma",
+        "libunwindstack_no_dex",
+        "libbacktrace_no_dex",
+        "libmodprobe",
+        "libext2_uuid",
+        "libprotobuf-cpp-lite",
+        "libsnapshot_cow",
+        "libsnapshot_init",
+        "update_metadata-protos",
+    ],
+
+    static_executable: true,
+
+    cflags: [
+        "-Wall",
+        "-Wextra",
+        "-Wno-unused-parameter",
+        "-Werror",
+        "-DALLOW_FIRST_STAGE_CONSOLE=0",
+        "-DALLOW_LOCAL_PROP_OVERRIDE=0",
+        "-DALLOW_PERMISSIVE_SELINUX=0",
+        "-DREBOOT_BOOTLOADER_ON_PANIC=0",
+        "-DWORLD_WRITABLE_KMSG=0",
+        "-DDUMP_ON_UMOUNT_FAILURE=0",
+        "-DSHUTDOWN_ZERO_TIMEOUT=0",
+        "-DLOG_UEVENTS=0",
+        "-DSEPOLICY_VERSION=30", // TODO(jiyong): externalize the version number
+    ],
+
+    product_variables: {
+        debuggable: {
+            cflags: [
+                "-UALLOW_FIRST_STAGE_CONSOLE",
+                "-DALLOW_FIRST_STAGE_CONSOLE=1",
+
+                "-UALLOW_LOCAL_PROP_OVERRIDE",
+                "-DALLOW_LOCAL_PROP_OVERRIDE=1",
+
+                "-UALLOW_PERMISSIVE_SELINUX",
+                "-DALLOW_PERMISSIVE_SELINUX=1",
+
+                "-UREBOOT_BOOTLOADER_ON_PANIC",
+                "-DREBOOT_BOOTLOADER_ON_PANIC=1",
+
+                "-UWORLD_WRITABLE_KMSG",
+                "-DWORLD_WRITABLE_KMSG=1",
+
+                "-UDUMP_ON_UMOUNT_FAILURE",
+                "-DDUMP_ON_UMOUNT_FAILURE=1",
+            ],
+        },
+
+        eng: {
+            cflags: [
+                "-USHUTDOWN_ZERO_TIMEOUT",
+                "-DSHUTDOWN_ZERO_TIMEOUT=1",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+
+    sanitize: {
+        misc_undefined: ["signed-integer-overflow"],
+        hwaddress: false,
+    },
+}
+
 // Tests
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------