diff --git a/media/audioserver/audioserver.rc b/media/audioserver/audioserver.rc
index 6cb0c73..f05c2d2 100644
--- a/media/audioserver/audioserver.rc
+++ b/media/audioserver/audioserver.rc
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
     # Keep the original service names for backward compatibility
     stop vendor.audio-hal-2-0
     stop audio-hal-2-0
+    # See b/155364397. Need to have HAL service running for VTS.
+    # Can't use 'restart' because then HAL service would restart
+    # audioserver bringing it back into running state.
+    start vendor.audio-hal
+    start vendor.audio-hal-4-0-msd
+    # Keep the original service names for backward compatibility
+    start vendor.audio-hal-2-0
+    start audio-hal-2-0
 
 on property:init.svc.audioserver=running
     start vendor.audio-hal