diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/appbinding/AppBindingService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/appbinding/AppBindingService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91b3b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/appbinding/AppBindingService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.
+ */
+
+package com.android.server.appbinding;
+
+import android.app.AppGlobals;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.pm.IPackageManager;
+import android.os.Binder;
+import android.os.Handler;
+
+import com.android.internal.os.BackgroundThread;
+import com.android.internal.util.DumpUtils;
+import com.android.server.SystemService;
+
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
+/**
+ * System server that keeps a binding to an app to keep it always running.
+ */
+public class AppBindingService extends Binder {
+    public static final String TAG = "AppBindingService";
+
+    private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
+
+    private final Object mLock = new Object();
+
+    private final Injector mInjector;
+    private final Context mContext;
+    private final Handler mHandler;
+    private final IPackageManager mIPackageManager;
+
+    static class Injector {
+        public IPackageManager getIPackageManager() {
+            return AppGlobals.getPackageManager();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * System service interacts with this service via this class.
+     */
+    public static final class Lifecycle extends SystemService {
+        final AppBindingService mService;
+
+        public Lifecycle(Context context) {
+            super(context);
+            mService = new AppBindingService(new Injector(), context);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onStart() {
+            publishBinderService(Context.APP_BINDING_SERVICE, mService);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private AppBindingService(Injector injector, Context context) {
+        mInjector = injector;
+        mContext = context;
+        mIPackageManager = injector.getIPackageManager();
+        mHandler = BackgroundThread.getHandler();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void dump(FileDescriptor fd, PrintWriter pw, String[] args) {
+        if (!DumpUtils.checkDumpPermission(mContext, TAG, pw)) return;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
index fb95f59..b8241d0 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 import com.android.internal.widget.ILockSettings;
 import com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService;
 import com.android.server.am.ActivityTaskManagerService;
+import com.android.server.appbinding.AppBindingService;
 import com.android.server.audio.AudioService;
 import com.android.server.biometrics.BiometricService;
 import com.android.server.broadcastradio.BroadcastRadioService;
@@ -1710,6 +1711,10 @@
             traceEnd();
         }
 
+        traceBeginAndSlog("AppServiceManager");
+        mSystemServiceManager.startService(AppBindingService.Lifecycle.class);
+        traceEnd();
+
         // It is now time to start up the app processes...
 
         traceBeginAndSlog("MakeVibratorServiceReady");