diff --git a/app/Android.bp b/app/Android.bp
index ef02b7c..b4959c5 100644
--- a/app/Android.bp
+++ b/app/Android.bp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
     required: [
         "org.lineageos.etar.allowlist",
+        "initial-package-stopped-states-org.lineageos.etar",
         "preinstalled-packages-org.lineageos.etar",
     ],
 }
@@ -82,6 +83,14 @@
 }
 
 prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "initial-package-stopped-states-org.lineageos.etar",
+    product_specific: true,
+    sub_dir: "sysconfig",
+    src: "initial-package-stopped-states-org.lineageos.etar.xml",
+    filename_from_src: true,
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
     name: "preinstalled-packages-org.lineageos.etar",
     product_specific: true,
     sub_dir: "sysconfig",
diff --git a/app/initial-package-stopped-states-org.lineageos.etar.xml b/app/initial-package-stopped-states-org.lineageos.etar.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08785ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/initial-package-stopped-states-org.lineageos.etar.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The LineageOS Project
+     SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+-->
+<config>
+    <initial-package-state package="org.lineageos.etar" stopped="false"/>
+</config>