diff --git a/libutils/Android.bp b/libutils/Android.bp
index c744b5316..26e159793 100644
--- a/libutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libutils/Android.bp
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ cc_defaults {
     vendor_available: true,
     product_available: true,
     recovery_available: true,
-    vndk: {
-        enabled: true,
-        support_system_process: true,
-    },
     host_supported: true,
 
     cflags: [
@@ -126,8 +122,8 @@ cc_defaults {
     },
 }
 
-cc_library {
-    name: "libutils",
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "libutils_impl_defaults",
     defaults: ["libutils_defaults"],
     native_bridge_supported: true,
 
@@ -180,12 +176,40 @@ cc_library {
     },
 }
 
+cc_library {
+    name: "libutils",
+    defaults: ["libutils_impl_defaults"],
+
+    vndk: {
+        enabled: true,
+        support_system_process: true,
+    },
+}
+
+cc_library {
+    name: "libutils_test_compile",
+    defaults: ["libutils_impl_defaults"],
+
+    cflags: [
+        "-DCALLSTACKS=1",
+        "-DDEBUG_POLL_AND_WAKE=1",
+        "-DDEBUG_REFS=1",
+        "-DDEBUG_TOKENIZER=1",
+    ],
+
+    visibility: [":__subpackages__"],
+}
+
 cc_library {
     name: "libutilscallstack",
     defaults: ["libutils_defaults"],
     // TODO(b/153609531): remove when no longer needed.
     native_bridge_supported: true,
     min_sdk_version: "29",
+    vndk: {
+        enabled: true,
+        support_system_process: true,
+    },
 
     srcs: [
         "CallStack.cpp",
diff --git a/libutils/Looper.cpp b/libutils/Looper.cpp
index 1a3f34bed..402e43cc6 100644
--- a/libutils/Looper.cpp
+++ b/libutils/Looper.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 //#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
 
 // Debugs poll and wake interactions.
+#ifndef DEBUG_POLL_AND_WAKE
 #define DEBUG_POLL_AND_WAKE 0
+#endif
 
 // Debugs callback registration and invocation.
+#ifndef DEBUG_CALLBACKS
 #define DEBUG_CALLBACKS 0
+#endif
 
 #include <utils/Looper.h>
 
diff --git a/libutils/RefBase.cpp b/libutils/RefBase.cpp
index ed5b2a958..ab122c732 100644
--- a/libutils/RefBase.cpp
+++ b/libutils/RefBase.cpp
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 
 #include <android-base/macros.h>
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 
 #include <utils/RefBase.h>
+#include <utils/String8.h>
 
 #include <utils/Mutex.h>
 
@@ -32,7 +34,9 @@
 #endif
 
 // Compile with refcounting debugging enabled.
+#ifndef DEBUG_REFS
 #define DEBUG_REFS 0
+#endif
 
 // The following three are ignored unless DEBUG_REFS is set.
 
@@ -45,7 +49,11 @@
 
 // folder where stack traces are saved when DEBUG_REFS is enabled
 // this folder needs to exist and be writable
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
 #define DEBUG_REFS_CALLSTACK_PATH "/data/debug"
+#else
+#define DEBUG_REFS_CALLSTACK_PATH "."
+#endif
 
 // log all reference counting operations
 #define PRINT_REFS 0
@@ -320,11 +328,11 @@ public:
             char name[100];
             snprintf(name, sizeof(name), DEBUG_REFS_CALLSTACK_PATH "/%p.stack",
                      this);
-            int rc = open(name, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 644);
+            int rc = open(name, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0644);
             if (rc >= 0) {
                 (void)write(rc, text.string(), text.length());
                 close(rc);
-                ALOGD("STACK TRACE for %p saved in %s", this, name);
+                ALOGI("STACK TRACE for %p saved in %s", this, name);
             }
             else ALOGE("FAILED TO PRINT STACK TRACE for %p in %s: %s", this,
                       name, strerror(errno));
diff --git a/libutils/Tokenizer.cpp b/libutils/Tokenizer.cpp
index 98dd2fda5..c3ec1652b 100644
--- a/libutils/Tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/libutils/Tokenizer.cpp
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 
+#ifndef DEBUG_TOKENIZER
 // Enables debug output for the tokenizer.
 #define DEBUG_TOKENIZER 0
-
+#endif
 
 namespace android {