diff --git a/logcat/Android.bp b/logcat/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a33266700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logcat/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2006-2017 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.
+//
+
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "logcat_defaults",
+
+    cflags: [
+        "-Wall",
+        "-Wextra",
+        "-Werror",
+    ],
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libbase",
+        "libcutils",
+        "liblog",
+        "libpcrecpp",
+    ],
+    logtags: ["event.logtags"],
+}
+
+cc_library {
+    name: "liblogcat",
+
+    defaults: ["logcat_defaults"],
+    srcs: [
+        "logcat.cpp",
+        "getopt_long.cpp",
+        "logcat_system.cpp",
+    ],
+    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+}
+
+cc_binary {
+    name: "logcat",
+
+    defaults: ["logcat_defaults"],
+    shared_libs: ["liblogcat"],
+    srcs: [
+        "logcat_main.cpp",
+    ],
+}
+
+cc_binary {
+    name: "logcatd",
+
+    defaults: ["logcat_defaults"],
+    shared_libs: ["liblogcat"],
+    srcs: [
+        "logcatd_main.cpp",
+    ],
+}
+
+cc_prebuilt_binary {
+    name: "logpersist.start",
+    srcs: ["logpersist"],
+    init_rc: ["logcatd.rc"],
+    symlinks: ["logpersist.stop", "logpersist.cat"],
+}
diff --git a/logcat/Android.mk b/logcat/Android.mk
index 4e11ca909..a7169934c 100644
--- a/logcat/Android.mk
+++ b/logcat/Android.mk
@@ -2,48 +2,4 @@
 
 LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
 
-logcatLibs := liblog libbase libcutils libpcrecpp
-
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-
-LOCAL_MODULE := logcat
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := logcat_main.cpp event.logtags
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblogcat $(logcatLibs)
-LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Werror
-
-include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
-
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-
-LOCAL_MODULE := logcatd
-LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := debug
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := logcatd_main.cpp event.logtags
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblogcat $(logcatLibs)
-LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Werror
-
-include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
-
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-
-LOCAL_MODULE := liblogcat
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := logcat.cpp getopt_long.cpp logcat_system.cpp
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(logcatLibs)
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
-LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDE_DIRS := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
-LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Werror
-
-include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
-
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-
-LOCAL_MODULE := logpersist.start
-LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := debug
-LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := EXECUTABLES
-LOCAL_INIT_RC := logcatd.rc
-LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(bin_dir)
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := logpersist
-ALL_TOOLS := logpersist.start logpersist.stop logpersist.cat
-LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD := $(hide) $(foreach t,$(filter-out $(LOCAL_MODULE),$(ALL_TOOLS)),ln -sf $(LOCAL_MODULE) $(TARGET_OUT)/bin/$(t);)
-include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
-
 include $(call first-makefiles-under,$(LOCAL_PATH))