diff --git a/init/Android.bp b/init/Android.bp
index 1aba4b381..7b529033a 100644
--- a/init/Android.bp
+++ b/init/Android.bp
@@ -502,11 +502,13 @@ cc_defaults {
         "libbase",
         "libcutils",
         "libselinux",
-        "libhidl-gen-utils",
         "liblog",
         "libprocessgroup",
         "libprotobuf-cpp-lite",
     ],
+    static_libs: [
+        "libhidl-gen-utils",
+    ],
 }
 
 cc_library_static {