diff --git a/init/interface_utils.cpp b/init/interface_utils.cpp
index a54860fa4..ddbacd763 100644
--- a/init/interface_utils.cpp
+++ b/init/interface_utils.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ Result<void> CheckInterfaceInheritanceHierarchy(const std::set<std::string>& ins
                                                 const InterfaceInheritanceHierarchyMap& hierarchy) {
     std::set<FQName> interface_fqnames;
     for (const std::string& instance : instances) {
+        // There is insufficient build-time information on AIDL interfaces to check them here
+        // TODO(b/139307527): Rework how services store interfaces to avoid excess string parsing
+        if (base::Split(instance, "/")[0] == "aidl") {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         FqInstance fqinstance;
         if (!fqinstance.setTo(instance)) {
             return Error() << "Unable to parse interface instance '" << instance << "'";
diff --git a/init/service_parser.cpp b/init/service_parser.cpp
index dd552fb9f..543be2329 100644
--- a/init/service_parser.cpp
+++ b/init/service_parser.cpp
@@ -145,17 +145,21 @@ Result<void> ServiceParser::ParseInterface(std::vector<std::string>&& args) {
     const std::string& interface_name = args[1];
     const std::string& instance_name = args[2];
 
-    FQName fq_name;
-    if (!FQName::parse(interface_name, &fq_name)) {
-        return Error() << "Invalid fully-qualified name for interface '" << interface_name << "'";
-    }
+    // AIDL services don't use fully qualified names and instead just use "interface aidl <name>"
+    if (interface_name != "aidl") {
+        FQName fq_name;
+        if (!FQName::parse(interface_name, &fq_name)) {
+            return Error() << "Invalid fully-qualified name for interface '" << interface_name
+                           << "'";
+        }
 
-    if (!fq_name.isFullyQualified()) {
-        return Error() << "Interface name not fully-qualified '" << interface_name << "'";
-    }
+        if (!fq_name.isFullyQualified()) {
+            return Error() << "Interface name not fully-qualified '" << interface_name << "'";
+        }
 
-    if (fq_name.isValidValueName()) {
-        return Error() << "Interface name must not be a value name '" << interface_name << "'";
+        if (fq_name.isValidValueName()) {
+            return Error() << "Interface name must not be a value name '" << interface_name << "'";
+        }
     }
 
     const std::string fullname = interface_name + "/" + instance_name;