diff --git a/etc/prebuilt_etc.go b/etc/prebuilt_etc.go
index 6ab3b8890..e168edc63 100644
--- a/etc/prebuilt_etc.go
+++ b/etc/prebuilt_etc.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func RegisterPrebuiltEtcBuildComponents(ctx android.RegistrationContext) {
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_usr_keychars", PrebuiltUserKeyCharsFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_usr_idc", PrebuiltUserIdcFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_font", PrebuiltFontFactory)
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_overlay", PrebuiltOverlayFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_firmware", PrebuiltFirmwareFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_dsp", PrebuiltDSPFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_rfsa", PrebuiltRFSAFactory)
@@ -650,6 +651,15 @@ func PrebuiltFontFactory() android.Module {
 	return module
 }
 
+// prebuilt_overlay is for a prebuilt artifact in <partition>/overlay directory.
+func PrebuiltOverlayFactory() android.Module {
+	module := &PrebuiltEtc{}
+	InitPrebuiltEtcModule(module, "overlay")
+	// This module is device-only
+	android.InitAndroidArchModule(module, android.DeviceSupported, android.MultilibFirst)
+	return module
+}
+
 // prebuilt_firmware installs a firmware file to <partition>/etc/firmware directory for system
 // image.
 // If soc_specific property is set to true, the firmware file is installed to the
diff --git a/etc/prebuilt_etc_test.go b/etc/prebuilt_etc_test.go
index 3ee234069..c44574aab 100644
--- a/etc/prebuilt_etc_test.go
+++ b/etc/prebuilt_etc_test.go
@@ -342,6 +342,19 @@ func TestPrebuiltFontInstallDirPath(t *testing.T) {
 	android.AssertPathRelativeToTopEquals(t, "install dir", expected, p.installDirPath)
 }
 
+func TestPrebuiltOverlayInstallDirPath(t *testing.T) {
+	result := prepareForPrebuiltEtcTest.RunTestWithBp(t, `
+		prebuilt_overlay {
+			name: "foo.conf",
+			src: "foo.conf",
+		}
+	`)
+
+	p := result.Module("foo.conf", "android_arm64_armv8-a").(*PrebuiltEtc)
+	expected := "out/soong/target/product/test_device/system/overlay"
+	android.AssertPathRelativeToTopEquals(t, "install dir", expected, p.installDirPath)
+}
+
 func TestPrebuiltFirmwareDirPath(t *testing.T) {
 	targetPath := "out/soong/target/product/test_device"
 	tests := []struct {