diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Android.bp b/services/surfaceflinger/Android.bp
index 744bdba..4f12d3e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Android.bp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Android.bp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         "-DLOG_TAG=\"SurfaceFlinger\"",
         "-Wall",
         "-Werror",
+        "-Wformat",
         "-Wthread-safety",
         "-Wunused",
         "-Wunreachable-code",
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@
         "-DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES",
         "-DEGL_EGLEXT_PROTOTYPES",
     ],
+    include_dirs: [
+        "frameworks/native/vulkan/vkjson",
+        "frameworks/native/vulkan/include",
+    ],
     shared_libs: [
         "android.frameworks.vr.composer@1.0",
         "android.hardware.configstore-utils",
@@ -84,6 +89,18 @@
     ],
 }
 
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "libsurfaceflinger_production_defaults",
+    defaults: ["libsurfaceflinger_defaults"],
+    cflags: [
+        "-fvisibility=hidden",
+        "-fwhole-program-vtables", // requires ThinLTO
+    ],
+    lto: {
+        thin: true,
+    },
+}
+
 cc_library_headers {
     name: "libsurfaceflinger_headers",
     export_include_dirs: ["."],
@@ -137,33 +154,23 @@
 }
 
 cc_library_shared {
+    // Please use libsurfaceflinger_defaults to configure how the sources are
+    // built, so the same settings can be used elsewhere.
     name: "libsurfaceflinger",
-    defaults: ["libsurfaceflinger_defaults"],
-    cflags: [
-        "-fvisibility=hidden",
-        "-Werror=format",
-    ],
+    defaults: ["libsurfaceflinger_production_defaults"],
     srcs: [
         ":libsurfaceflinger_sources",
+
+        // Note: SurfaceFlingerFactory is not in the default sources so that it
+        // can be easily replaced.
+        "SurfaceFlingerFactory.cpp",
     ],
     logtags: ["EventLog/EventLogTags.logtags"],
-    include_dirs: [
-        "frameworks/native/vulkan/vkjson",
-        "frameworks/native/vulkan/include",
-    ],
-    cppflags: [
-        "-fwhole-program-vtables", // requires ThinLTO
-    ],
-    lto: {
-        thin: true,
-    },
 }
 
-cc_binary {
-    name: "surfaceflinger",
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "libsurfaceflinger_binary",
     defaults: ["surfaceflinger_defaults"],
-    init_rc: ["surfaceflinger.rc"],
-    srcs: ["main_surfaceflinger.cpp"],
     whole_static_libs: [
         "libsigchain",
     ],
@@ -180,7 +187,6 @@
         "libhidltransport",
         "liblayers_proto",
         "liblog",
-        "libsurfaceflinger",
         "libtimestats_proto",
         "libutils",
     ],
@@ -189,19 +195,19 @@
         "libtrace_proto",
     ],
     ldflags: ["-Wl,--export-dynamic"],
+}
 
-    // TODO(b/71715793): These version-scripts are required due to the use of
-    // whole_static_libs to pull in libsigchain. To work, the files had to be
-    // locally duplicated from their original location
-    // $ANDROID_ROOT/art/sigchainlib/
-    multilib: {
-        lib32: {
-            version_script: "version-script32.txt",
-        },
-        lib64: {
-            version_script: "version-script64.txt",
-        },
-    },
+filegroup {
+    name: "surfaceflinger_binary_sources",
+    srcs: ["main_surfaceflinger.cpp"],
+}
+
+cc_binary {
+    name: "surfaceflinger",
+    defaults: ["libsurfaceflinger_binary"],
+    init_rc: ["surfaceflinger.rc"],
+    srcs: [":surfaceflinger_binary_sources"],
+    shared_libs: ["libsurfaceflinger"],
 }
 
 cc_library_shared {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b37d6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+#include "SurfaceFlingerFactory.h"
+#include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
+
+namespace android::surfaceflinger {
+
+sp<SurfaceFlinger> createSurfaceFlinger() {
+    return new SurfaceFlinger();
+}
+
+} // namespace android::surfaceflinger
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65eb797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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 <cutils/compiler.h>
+#include <utils/StrongPointer.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class SurfaceFlinger;
+
+namespace surfaceflinger {
+
+ANDROID_API sp<SurfaceFlinger> createSurfaceFlinger();
+
+} // namespace surfaceflinger
+} // namespace android
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp
index b1ff522..9c2edca 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@
 #include <android/frameworks/displayservice/1.0/IDisplayService.h>
 #include <android/hardware/configstore/1.0/ISurfaceFlingerConfigs.h>
 #include <android/hardware/graphics/allocator/2.0/IAllocator.h>
-#include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
-#include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
 #include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
-#include <binder/ProcessState.h>
 #include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
+#include <binder/ProcessState.h>
+#include <configstore/Utils.h>
+#include <cutils/sched_policy.h>
 #include <displayservice/DisplayService.h>
 #include <hidl/LegacySupport.h>
-#include <configstore/Utils.h>
 #include "GpuService.h"
 #include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
+#include "SurfaceFlingerFactory.h"
 
 using namespace android;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     ps->startThreadPool();
 
     // instantiate surfaceflinger
-    sp<SurfaceFlinger> flinger = new SurfaceFlinger();
+    sp<SurfaceFlinger> flinger = surfaceflinger::createSurfaceFlinger();
 
     setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, PRIORITY_URGENT_DISPLAY);