diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index 334364e67..65af2b3d6 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -250,9 +250,8 @@ cc_test {
     require_root: true,
 }
 
-cc_test {
-    name: "libcutils_test_static",
-    test_suites: ["device-tests"],
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "libcutils_test_static_defaults",
     defaults: ["libcutils_test_default"],
     static_libs: [
         "libc",
@@ -272,3 +271,16 @@ cc_test {
         },
     },
 }
+
+cc_test {
+    name: "libcutils_test_static",
+    test_suites: ["device-tests"],
+    defaults: ["libcutils_test_static_defaults"],
+}
+
+cc_test {
+    name: "KernelLibcutilsTest",
+    test_suites: ["general-tests", "vts-core"],
+    defaults: ["libcutils_test_static_defaults"],
+    test_config: "KernelLibcutilsTest.xml",
+}
diff --git a/libcutils/KernelLibcutilsTest.xml b/libcutils/KernelLibcutilsTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e27fac681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcutils/KernelLibcutilsTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2020 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.
+-->
+<configuration description="Runs libcutils_test_static.">
+    <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct" />
+    <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct-native" />
+
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RootTargetPreparer">
+    </target_preparer>
+
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.PushFilePreparer">
+        <option name="cleanup" value="true" />
+        <option name="push" value="libcutils_test_static->/data/local/tmp/libcutils_test_static" />
+    </target_preparer>
+
+    <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.GTest" >
+        <option name="native-test-device-path" value="/data/local/tmp" />
+        <option name="module-name" value="libcutils_test_static" />
+        <option name="include-filter" value="*AshmemTest*" />
+    </test>
+</configuration>