diff --git a/healthd/Android.mk b/healthd/Android.mk
index 80bf84ae8..2127b9603 100644
--- a/healthd/Android.mk
+++ b/healthd/Android.mk
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ CHARGER_STATIC_LIBRARIES := \
     libbase \
     libutils \
     libcutils \
+    libprocessgroup \
     liblog \
     libm \
     libc \
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index 4291212a1..0dbbc3f2f 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ cc_library {
         "load_file.cpp",
         "native_handle.cpp",
         "record_stream.cpp",
-        "sched_policy.cpp",
         "sockets.cpp",
         "strdup16to8.cpp",
         "strdup8to16.cpp",
@@ -178,8 +177,12 @@ cc_library {
         "libbase_headers",
         "libcutils_headers",
         "libutils_headers",
+        "libprocessgroup_headers",
+    ],
+    export_header_lib_headers: [
+        "libcutils_headers",
+        "libprocessgroup_headers",
     ],
-    export_header_lib_headers: ["libcutils_headers"],
     local_include_dirs: ["include"],
 
     cflags: [
diff --git a/libcutils/include/cutils/sched_policy.h b/libcutils/include/cutils/sched_policy.h
index cf91b76f4..538ff6b9b 100644
--- a/libcutils/include/cutils/sched_policy.h
+++ b/libcutils/include/cutils/sched_policy.h
@@ -17,67 +17,10 @@
 #ifndef __CUTILS_SCHED_POLICY_H
 #define __CUTILS_SCHED_POLICY_H
 
-#include <stdbool.h>
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 /*
- * Check if Linux kernel enables CPUSETS feature.
- *
- * Return value: 1 if Linux kernel CONFIG_CPUSETS=y; 0 otherwise.
+ * For backwards compatibility only
+ * New users should include processgroup/sched_policy.h directly
  */
-extern bool cpusets_enabled();
-
-/*
- * Check if Linux kernel enables SCHEDTUNE feature (only available in Android
- * common kernel or Linaro LSK, not in mainline Linux as of v4.9)
- *
- * Return value: 1 if Linux kernel CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHEDTUNE=y; 0 otherwise.
- */
-extern bool schedboost_enabled();
-
-/* Keep in sync with THREAD_GROUP_* in frameworks/base/core/java/android/os/Process.java */
-typedef enum {
-    SP_DEFAULT = -1,
-    SP_BACKGROUND = 0,
-    SP_FOREGROUND = 1,
-    SP_SYSTEM = 2,  // can't be used with set_sched_policy()
-    SP_AUDIO_APP = 3,
-    SP_AUDIO_SYS = 4,
-    SP_TOP_APP = 5,
-    SP_RT_APP = 6,
-    SP_RESTRICTED = 7,
-    SP_CNT,
-    SP_MAX = SP_CNT - 1,
-    SP_SYSTEM_DEFAULT = SP_FOREGROUND,
-} SchedPolicy;
-
-extern int set_cpuset_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy policy);
-
-/* Assign thread tid to the cgroup associated with the specified policy.
- * If the thread is a thread group leader, that is it's gettid() == getpid(),
- * then the other threads in the same thread group are _not_ affected.
- * On platforms which support gettid(), zero tid means current thread.
- * Return value: 0 for success, or -errno for error.
- */
-extern int set_sched_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy policy);
-
-/* Return the policy associated with the cgroup of thread tid via policy pointer.
- * On platforms which support gettid(), zero tid means current thread.
- * Return value: 0 for success, or -1 for error and set errno.
- */
-extern int get_sched_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy *policy);
-
-/* Return a displayable string corresponding to policy.
- * Return value: non-NULL NUL-terminated name of unspecified length;
- * the caller is responsible for displaying the useful part of the string.
- */
-extern const char *get_sched_policy_name(SchedPolicy policy);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
+#include <processgroup/sched_policy.h>
 
 #endif /* __CUTILS_SCHED_POLICY_H */ 
diff --git a/libcutils/tests/Android.bp b/libcutils/tests/Android.bp
index 788419038..72ae55921 100644
--- a/libcutils/tests/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/tests/Android.bp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ test_libraries = [
     "libcutils",
     "liblog",
     "libbase",
+    "libprocessgroup",
 ]
 
 cc_test {
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/Android.bp b/libprocessgroup/Android.bp
index c38279df4..d04a79a66 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/Android.bp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/Android.bp
@@ -1,10 +1,45 @@
+cc_library_headers {
+    name: "libprocessgroup_headers",
+    vendor_available: true,
+    recovery_available: true,
+    host_supported: true,
+    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+    target: {
+        linux_bionic: {
+            enabled: true,
+        },
+        windows: {
+            enabled: true,
+        },
+    },
+}
+
 cc_library {
-    srcs: ["processgroup.cpp"],
+    srcs: [
+        "processgroup.cpp",
+        "sched_policy.cpp",
+    ],
     name: "libprocessgroup",
     host_supported: true,
     recovery_available: true,
-    shared_libs: ["libbase"],
+    vendor_available: true,
+    vndk: {
+        enabled: true,
+        support_system_process: true,
+    },
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libbase",
+        "liblog",
+    ],
+    // for cutils/android_filesystem_config.h
+    header_libs: [
+        "libcutils_headers",
+        "libprocessgroup_headers",
+    ],
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+    export_header_lib_headers: [
+        "libprocessgroup_headers",
+    ],
     cflags: [
         "-Wall",
         "-Werror",
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/sched_policy.h b/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/sched_policy.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79a32fdeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/sched_policy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Check if Linux kernel enables CPUSETS feature.
+ *
+ * Return value: 1 if Linux kernel CONFIG_CPUSETS=y; 0 otherwise.
+ */
+extern bool cpusets_enabled();
+
+/*
+ * Check if Linux kernel enables SCHEDTUNE feature (only available in Android
+ * common kernel or Linaro LSK, not in mainline Linux as of v4.9)
+ *
+ * Return value: 1 if Linux kernel CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHEDTUNE=y; 0 otherwise.
+ */
+extern bool schedboost_enabled();
+
+/* Keep in sync with THREAD_GROUP_* in frameworks/base/core/java/android/os/Process.java */
+typedef enum {
+    SP_DEFAULT = -1,
+    SP_BACKGROUND = 0,
+    SP_FOREGROUND = 1,
+    SP_SYSTEM = 2,  // can't be used with set_sched_policy()
+    SP_AUDIO_APP = 3,
+    SP_AUDIO_SYS = 4,
+    SP_TOP_APP = 5,
+    SP_RT_APP = 6,
+    SP_RESTRICTED = 7,
+    SP_CNT,
+    SP_MAX = SP_CNT - 1,
+    SP_SYSTEM_DEFAULT = SP_FOREGROUND,
+} SchedPolicy;
+
+extern int set_cpuset_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy policy);
+
+/* Assign thread tid to the cgroup associated with the specified policy.
+ * If the thread is a thread group leader, that is it's gettid() == getpid(),
+ * then the other threads in the same thread group are _not_ affected.
+ * On platforms which support gettid(), zero tid means current thread.
+ * Return value: 0 for success, or -errno for error.
+ */
+extern int set_sched_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy policy);
+
+/* Return the policy associated with the cgroup of thread tid via policy pointer.
+ * On platforms which support gettid(), zero tid means current thread.
+ * Return value: 0 for success, or -1 for error and set errno.
+ */
+extern int get_sched_policy(int tid, SchedPolicy *policy);
+
+/* Return a displayable string corresponding to policy.
+ * Return value: non-NULL NUL-terminated name of unspecified length;
+ * the caller is responsible for displaying the useful part of the string.
+ */
+extern const char *get_sched_policy_name(SchedPolicy policy);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
index 9df8dd96f..8d2ac3d57 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 #include <android-base/strings.h>
-#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include <cutils/android_filesystem_config.h>
 
 #include <processgroup/processgroup.h>
 
diff --git a/libcutils/sched_policy.cpp b/libprocessgroup/sched_policy.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from libcutils/sched_policy.cpp
rename to libprocessgroup/sched_policy.cpp
index 3fa548f78..f95d7e48f 100644
--- a/libcutils/sched_policy.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/sched_policy.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ** limitations under the License.
 */
 
-#include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
+#include <processgroup/sched_policy.h>
 
 #define LOG_TAG "SchedPolicy"
 
diff --git a/libutils/Android.bp b/libutils/Android.bp
index 3e8417eb9..fb7ca3254 100644
--- a/libutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libutils/Android.bp
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ cc_library_headers {
         "liblog_headers",
         "libsystem_headers",
         "libcutils_headers",
+        "libprocessgroup_headers",
     ],
     export_header_lib_headers: [
         "liblog_headers",
         "libsystem_headers",
         "libcutils_headers",
+        "libprocessgroup_headers",
     ],
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
 
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ cc_defaults {
 
             shared_libs: [
                 "libcutils",
+                "libprocessgroup",
                 "libdl",
                 "libvndksupport",
             ],
diff --git a/libutils/Threads.cpp b/libutils/Threads.cpp
index 64bc4025d..31ca1383e 100644
--- a/libutils/Threads.cpp
+++ b/libutils/Threads.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 
-#include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
+#include <processgroup/sched_policy.h>
 
 #if defined(__ANDROID__)
 # define __android_unused
diff --git a/lmkd/Android.bp b/lmkd/Android.bp
index 903d0e243..f9ed57cce 100644
--- a/lmkd/Android.bp
+++ b/lmkd/Android.bp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ cc_binary {
     shared_libs: [
         "libcutils",
         "liblog",
+        "libprocessgroup",
     ],
     static_libs: [
         "libstatslogc",
diff --git a/logcat/Android.bp b/logcat/Android.bp
index 0543aba73..5030b1563 100644
--- a/logcat/Android.bp
+++ b/logcat/Android.bp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ cc_defaults {
     ],
     shared_libs: [
         "libbase",
-        "libcutils",
         "libpcrecpp",
+        "libprocessgroup",
     ],
     static_libs: ["liblog"],
     logtags: ["event.logtags"],
diff --git a/logcat/logcat.cpp b/logcat/logcat.cpp
index 87bc6ae84..15e07feef 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat.cpp
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@
 #include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 #include <android-base/strings.h>
-#include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
 #include <log/logprint.h>
 #include <private/android_logger.h>
+#include <processgroup/sched_policy.h>
 #include <system/thread_defs.h>
 
 #include <pcrecpp.h>
diff --git a/logd/Android.bp b/logd/Android.bp
index 3abfc2171..bdbdf12e4 100644
--- a/logd/Android.bp
+++ b/logd/Android.bp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ cc_binary {
         "libcutils",
         "libbase",
         "libpackagelistparser",
+        "libprocessgroup",
         "libcap",
     ],
 
diff --git a/logd/main.cpp b/logd/main.cpp
index 8c38d9aa3..fd3cdf877 100644
--- a/logd/main.cpp
+++ b/logd/main.cpp
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
 #include <android-base/macros.h>
 #include <cutils/android_get_control_file.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
-#include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
 #include <packagelistparser/packagelistparser.h>
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 #include <private/android_logger.h>
+#include <processgroup/sched_policy.h>
 #include <utils/threads.h>
 
 #include "CommandListener.h"