diff --git a/play-services-chimera-core/build.gradle b/play-services-chimera-core/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d70a72c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-services-chimera-core/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020, microG Project Team
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'signing'
+
+dependencies {
+    api project(':play-services-basement')
+    api "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-service:$lifecycleVersion"
+
+    implementation "androidx.annotation:annotation:$annotationVersion"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlinVersion"
+}
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion androidCompileSdk
+    buildToolsVersion "$androidBuildVersionTools"
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        versionName version
+        minSdkVersion androidMinSdk
+        targetSdkVersion androidTargetSdk
+    }
+
+    sourceSets {
+        main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
+    }
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+        targetCompatibility = 1.8
+    }
+}
+
+apply from: '../gradle/publish-android.gradle'
+
+description = 'microG chimera implementation'
diff --git a/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffeb76d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021, microG Project Team
+  ~ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  -->
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="org.microg.gms.chimera.core">
+    <application />
+</manifest>
diff --git a/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/InstanceProvider.java b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/InstanceProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d05b3448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/InstanceProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021, microG Project Team
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package com.google.android.chimera;
+
+public interface InstanceProvider {
+    Object getChimeraImpl();
+}
diff --git a/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/IntentService.java b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/IntentService.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51204deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/IntentService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021, microG Project Team
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package com.google.android.chimera;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.HandlerThread;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+import android.os.Looper;
+import android.os.Message;
+
+public abstract class IntentService extends Service {
+    private Looper serviceLooper;
+    private ServiceHandler serviceHandler;
+    private String name;
+    private boolean redelivery;
+
+    private final class ServiceHandler extends Handler {
+        public ServiceHandler(Looper looper) {
+            super(looper);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
+            onHandleIntent((Intent)msg.obj);
+            stopSelf(msg.arg1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public IntentService(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets intent redelivery preferences.  Usually called from the constructor
+     * with your preferred semantics.
+     *
+     * <p>If enabled is true,
+     * {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)} will return
+     * {@link Service#START_REDELIVER_INTENT}, so if this process dies before
+     * {@link #onHandleIntent(Intent)} returns, the process will be restarted
+     * and the intent redelivered.  If multiple Intents have been sent, only
+     * the most recent one is guaranteed to be redelivered.
+     *
+     * <p>If enabled is false (the default),
+     * {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)} will return
+     * {@link Service#START_NOT_STICKY}, and if the process dies, the Intent
+     * dies along with it.
+     */
+    public void setIntentRedelivery(boolean redelivery) {
+        this.redelivery = redelivery;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onCreate() {
+        super.onCreate();
+        HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("IntentService[" + name + "]");
+        thread.start();
+        serviceLooper = thread.getLooper();
+        serviceHandler = new ServiceHandler(serviceLooper);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
+        Message msg = this.serviceHandler.obtainMessage();
+        msg.arg1 = startId;
+        msg.obj = intent;
+        this.serviceHandler.sendMessage(msg);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * You should not override this method for your IntentService. Instead,
+     * override {@link #onHandleIntent}, which the system calls when the IntentService
+     * receives a start request.
+     * @see Service#onStartCommand
+     */
+    @Override
+    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
+        onStart(intent, startId);
+        return redelivery ? START_REDELIVER_INTENT : START_NOT_STICKY;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onDestroy() {
+        serviceLooper.quit();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unless you provide binding for your service, you don't need to implement this
+     * method, because the default implementation returns null.
+     * @see Service#onBind
+     */
+    @Override
+    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is invoked on the worker thread with a request to process.
+     * Only one Intent is processed at a time, but the processing happens on a
+     * worker thread that runs independently from other application logic.
+     * So, if this code takes a long time, it will hold up other requests to
+     * the same IntentService, but it will not hold up anything else.
+     * When all requests have been handled, the IntentService stops itself,
+     * so you should not call {@link #stopSelf}.
+     *
+     * @param intent The value passed to {@link
+     *               android.content.Context#startService(Intent)}.
+     *               This may be null if the service is being restarted after
+     *               its process has gone away; see
+     *               {@link Service#onStartCommand}
+     *               for details.
+     */
+    public abstract void onHandleIntent(Intent intent);
+}
diff --git a/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/Service.java b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/Service.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8ed0e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/java/com/google/android/chimera/Service.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021, microG Project Team
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package com.google.android.chimera;
+
+import android.app.Application;
+import android.app.Notification;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.ContextWrapper;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.res.Configuration;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
+public abstract class Service extends ContextWrapper implements InstanceProvider {
+    public static final int START_CONTINUATION_MASK = 0xf;
+    public static final int START_FLAG_REDELIVERY = 1;
+    public static final int START_FLAG_RETRY = 2;
+    public static final int START_NOT_STICKY = 2;
+    public static final int START_REDELIVER_INTENT = 3;
+    public static final int START_STICKY = 1;
+    public static final int START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY = 0;
+
+    private android.app.Service containerService;
+    private ProxyCallbacks callbacks;
+
+    public interface ProxyCallbacks {
+        void superOnCreate();
+
+        void superOnDestroy();
+
+        int superOnStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId);
+
+        void superStopSelf();
+
+        void superStopSelf(int startId);
+
+        boolean superStopSelfResult(int startId);
+    }
+
+    public Service() {
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    protected void dump(FileDescriptor fs, PrintWriter writer, String[] args) {
+    }
+
+    public final Application getApplication() {
+        return containerService.getApplication();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object getChimeraImpl() {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public android.app.Service getContainerService() {
+        return containerService;
+    }
+
+    public abstract IBinder onBind(Intent intent);
+
+
+    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration configuration) {
+    }
+
+    public void onCreate() {
+        this.callbacks.superOnCreate();
+    }
+
+    public void onDestroy() {
+        this.callbacks.superOnDestroy();
+    }
+
+    public void onLowMemory() {
+    }
+
+    public void onRebind(Intent intent) {
+    }
+
+    public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
+    }
+
+    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
+        return this.callbacks.superOnStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
+    }
+
+    public void onTaskRemoved(Intent rootIntent) {
+    }
+
+    public void onTrimMemory(int level) {
+    }
+
+    public boolean onUnbind(Intent intent) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void publicDump(FileDescriptor fd, PrintWriter writer, String[] args) {
+        dump(fd, writer, args);
+    }
+
+    public void setProxy(android.app.Service service, Context context) {
+        this.containerService = service;
+        this.callbacks = (ProxyCallbacks) service;
+        attachBaseContext(context);
+    }
+
+    public final void startForeground(int id, Notification notification) {
+        this.containerService.startForeground(id, notification);
+    }
+
+    public final void stopForeground(boolean removeNotification) {
+        this.containerService.stopForeground(removeNotification);
+    }
+
+    public final void stopSelf() {
+        this.callbacks.superStopSelf();
+    }
+
+    public final boolean stopSelfResult(int startId) {
+        return this.callbacks.superStopSelfResult(startId);
+    }
+
+    public final void stopSelf(int startId) {
+        this.callbacks.superStopSelf(startId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/ServiceLoader.kt b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/ServiceLoader.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e3da725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/ServiceLoader.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021, microG Project Team
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.microg.gms.chimera
+
+import android.content.Context
+import com.google.android.chimera.Service
+
+interface ServiceLoader {
+    fun loadService(context: Context): Service
+
+    companion object {
+        inline fun <reified T : Service> static() = StaticServiceLoader(T::class.java)
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/ServiceProxy.kt b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/ServiceProxy.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d61c242a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/ServiceProxy.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021, microG Project Team
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.microg.gms.chimera
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.content.res.Configuration
+import com.google.android.chimera.Service.ProxyCallbacks
+import android.os.IBinder
+import com.google.android.chimera.Service
+import java.io.FileDescriptor
+import java.io.PrintWriter
+
+abstract class ServiceProxy(private val loader: ServiceLoader) : android.app.Service(), ProxyCallbacks {
+    private var actualService: Service? = null
+    override fun attachBaseContext(base: Context) {
+        super.attachBaseContext(base)
+
+        if (actualService == null) {
+            val service = loader.loadService(base)
+            actualService = service
+            service.setProxy(this, this)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun dump(fs: FileDescriptor, writer: PrintWriter, args: Array<String>) {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            actualService!!.publicDump(fs, writer, args)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onBind(intent: Intent): IBinder? {
+        return if (actualService != null) {
+            actualService!!.onBind(intent)
+        } else null
+    }
+
+    override fun onConfigurationChanged(newConfig: Configuration) {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            actualService!!.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onCreate() {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            actualService!!.onCreate()
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onDestroy() {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            actualService!!.onDestroy()
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onLowMemory() {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            actualService!!.onLowMemory()
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onRebind(intent: Intent) {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            if (intent != null) intent.setExtrasClassLoader(actualService!!.classLoader)
+            actualService!!.onRebind(intent)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onStart(intent: Intent, startId: Int) {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            if (intent != null) intent.setExtrasClassLoader(actualService!!.classLoader)
+            actualService!!.onStart(intent, startId)
+        } else {
+            stopSelf(startId)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
+        return if (actualService != null) {
+            if (intent != null) intent.setExtrasClassLoader(actualService!!.classLoader)
+            actualService!!.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId)
+        } else {
+            super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onTaskRemoved(rootIntent: Intent) {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            if (rootIntent != null) rootIntent.setExtrasClassLoader(actualService!!.classLoader)
+            actualService!!.onTaskRemoved(rootIntent)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onTrimMemory(level: Int) {
+        if (actualService != null) {
+            actualService!!.onTrimMemory(level)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onUnbind(intent: Intent): Boolean {
+        return if (actualService != null) {
+            if (intent != null) intent.setExtrasClassLoader(actualService!!.classLoader)
+            actualService!!.onUnbind(intent)
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun superOnCreate() {
+        super.onCreate()
+    }
+
+    override fun superOnDestroy() {
+        super.onDestroy()
+    }
+
+    override fun superOnStartCommand(intent: Intent, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
+        return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId)
+    }
+
+    override fun superStopSelf() {
+        super.stopSelf()
+    }
+
+    override fun superStopSelf(startId: Int) {
+        super.stopSelf(startId)
+    }
+
+    override fun superStopSelfResult(startId: Int): Boolean {
+        return super.stopSelfResult(startId)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/StaticServiceLoader.kt b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/StaticServiceLoader.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4989f177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-services-chimera-core/src/main/kotlin/org/microg/gms/chimera/StaticServiceLoader.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021, microG Project Team
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.microg.gms.chimera
+
+import android.content.Context
+import com.google.android.chimera.Service
+
+class StaticServiceLoader<T : Service>(private val serviceClass: Class<T>) : ServiceLoader {
+    override fun loadService(context: Context): Service {
+        return serviceClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 1d7ba5c6..bda5a7e1 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ include ':play-services-basement-ktx'
 include ':play-services-tasks-ktx'
 
 include ':play-services-base-core'
+include ':play-services-chimera-core'
 include ':play-services-conscrypt-provider-core'
 include ':play-services-cronet-core'
 include ':play-services-location-core'