diff --git a/private/file_contexts b/private/file_contexts
index a341d7e86f6e9cf34c1fd1cd29119962dd0a3fda..f1d736d0efb9b9b6f1aa1e666229486f678dde24 100644
--- a/private/file_contexts
+++ b/private/file_contexts
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.boot@1\.0-service           u:object_r:hal_boot_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.graphics\.allocator@2\.0-service   u:object_r:hal_graphics_allocator_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.graphics\.composer@2\.1-service    u:object_r:hal_graphics_composer_exec:s0
-/system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.light@2\.0-service          u:object_r:hal_light_exec:s0
+/system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.light@2\.0-service          u:object_r:hal_light_default_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.memtrack@1\.0-service       u:object_r:hal_memtrack_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.nfc@1\.0-service            u:object_r:hal_nfc_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.power@1\.0-service          u:object_r:hal_power_exec:s0
diff --git a/private/hal_light.te b/private/hal_light.te
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c5f10833273f76f54c8fdb3cd90a582408cac7a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/private/hal_light.te
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# may be started by init
-init_daemon_domain(hal_light)
diff --git a/private/hal_light_default.te b/private/hal_light_default.te
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8ac8037b2e800a95cc848c3b1b7e3a0ac783a482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/hal_light_default.te
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type hal_light_default, hal_light, domain;
+type hal_light_default_exec, exec_type, file_type;
+
+# may be started by init
+init_daemon_domain(hal_light_default)
diff --git a/public/attributes b/public/attributes
index a846c347266691187c806fa4bcf57ecaaab4cdb8..5b68eea005b2544d05ae98d5b20171adfd89d74f 100644
--- a/public/attributes
+++ b/public/attributes
@@ -113,3 +113,6 @@ attribute boot_control_hal;
 # postinstall. This includes the background daemon and the sideload tool from
 # recovery for A/B devices.
 attribute update_engine_common;
+
+# HALs
+attribute hal_light;
diff --git a/public/hal_light.te b/public/hal_light.te
index cdb36bbc1a1716d7629cb05586b5a00f793dd658..af238dd72c61b3f6cb904e41d95aaa4372e6e53a 100644
--- a/public/hal_light.te
+++ b/public/hal_light.te
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# light subsystem
-type hal_light, domain;
-type hal_light_exec, exec_type, file_type;
-
 # hwbinder access
 hwbinder_use(hal_light)