diff --git a/runners/core-construction-java/build.gradle b/runners/core-construction-java/build.gradle
index 3de798a0aca2c..2b22c2c9c1829 100644
--- a/runners/core-construction-java/build.gradle
+++ b/runners/core-construction-java/build.gradle
@@ -53,9 +53,3 @@ dependencies {
   testCompile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "testRuntime")
   testRuntimeOnly library.java.slf4j_jdk14
 }
-
-task runExpansionService (type: JavaExec) {
-  main = "org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion.ExpansionService"
-  classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
-  args = [project.findProperty("constructionService.port") ?: "8097"]
-}
diff --git a/runners/java-fn-execution/build.gradle b/runners/java-fn-execution/build.gradle
index 9e7913f54ed14..644f9941de4d7 100644
--- a/runners/java-fn-execution/build.gradle
+++ b/runners/java-fn-execution/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
   compile project(path: ":model:pipeline", configuration: "shadow")
   compile project(path: ":model:fn-execution", configuration: "shadow")
   compile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadow")
+  compile project(":sdks:java:expansion-service")
   compile project(":sdks:java:fn-execution")
   compile project(":runners:core-construction-java")
   compile project(path: ":vendor:sdks-java-extensions-protobuf", configuration: "shadow")
diff --git a/runners/java-fn-execution/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/fnexecution/jobsubmission/JobServerDriver.java b/runners/java-fn-execution/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/fnexecution/jobsubmission/JobServerDriver.java
index d61162f7dc5ab..f93bd96bc111e 100644
--- a/runners/java-fn-execution/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/fnexecution/jobsubmission/JobServerDriver.java
+++ b/runners/java-fn-execution/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/fnexecution/jobsubmission/JobServerDriver.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.Endpoints;
-import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion.ExpansionServer;
-import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion.ExpansionService;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.fnexecution.GrpcFnServer;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.fnexecution.ServerFactory;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.fnexecution.artifact.BeamFileSystemArtifactStagingService;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service.ExpansionServer;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service.ExpansionService;
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v26_0_jre.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.spi.ExplicitBooleanOptionHandler;
diff --git a/sdks/java/expansion-service/build.gradle b/sdks/java/expansion-service/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..def9e80914177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/java/expansion-service/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+plugins { id 'org.apache.beam.module' }
+applyJavaNature(automaticModuleName: 'org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service')
+
+description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: Expansion Service"
+ext.summary = """Contains code that can be used to run an expansion service."""
+
+
+// Exclude tests that need a runner
+test {
+  systemProperty "beamUseDummyRunner", "true"
+  useJUnit {
+    excludeCategories "org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.NeedsRunner"
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  compile project(path: ":model:pipeline", configuration: "shadow")
+  compile project(path: ":model:fn-execution", configuration: "shadow")
+  compile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadow")
+  compile project(path: ":runners:core-construction-java")
+  compile library.java.vendored_grpc_1_26_0
+  compile library.java.vendored_guava_26_0_jre
+  compile library.java.slf4j_api
+  runtimeOnly library.java.slf4j_jdk14
+  testCompile library.java.junit
+}
+
+task runExpansionService (type: JavaExec) {
+  main = "org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service.ExpansionService"
+  classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+  args = [project.findProperty("constructionService.port") ?: "8097"]
+}
diff --git a/runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServer.java b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServer.java
similarity index 97%
rename from runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServer.java
rename to sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServer.java
index 5859d69e78d8a..895a011a1a706 100644
--- a/runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServer.java
+++ b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServer.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion;
+package org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
diff --git a/runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionService.java b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionService.java
similarity index 99%
rename from runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionService.java
rename to sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionService.java
index 84ee4f293fdc3..4c45bca52942a 100644
--- a/runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionService.java
+++ b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionService.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion;
+package org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service;
 
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import java.io.IOException;
diff --git a/runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/package-info.java b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/package-info.java
similarity index 93%
rename from runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/package-info.java
rename to sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/package-info.java
index 60060928b9853..a32edae893b66 100644
--- a/runners/core-construction-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/package-info.java
+++ b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/package-info.java
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
  */
 
 /** Classes used to expand cross-language transforms. */
-package org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion;
+package org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service;
diff --git a/runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServerTest.java b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServerTest.java
similarity index 96%
rename from runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServerTest.java
rename to sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServerTest.java
index 29370d9a38f1e..51ed82682e7db 100644
--- a/runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServerTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServerTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion;
+package org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
diff --git a/runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServiceTest.java b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServiceTest.java
similarity index 99%
rename from runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServiceTest.java
rename to sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServiceTest.java
index b78f1da001bfc..3caff2c836971 100644
--- a/runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/expansion/ExpansionServiceTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExpansionServiceTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion;
+package org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
diff --git a/runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/ExternalTest.java b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExternalTest.java
similarity index 98%
rename from runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/ExternalTest.java
rename to sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExternalTest.java
index 2cde8fcd6cfda..b15f74437bd57 100644
--- a/runners/core-construction-java/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/construction/ExternalTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/expansion/service/ExternalTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction;
+package org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Map;
-import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion.ExpansionService;
+import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.External;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.PipelineResult;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.PAssert;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.TestPipeline;
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle
index ebf453def8b39..66db0bea448c0 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ext.summary = "IO library to read and write Google Cloud Platform systems from B
 
 dependencies {
   compile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadow")
+  compile project(":sdks:java:expansion-service")
   compile project(":sdks:java:extensions:google-cloud-platform-core")
   compile project(":sdks:java:extensions:protobuf")
   compile library.java.avro
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/PubsubIOExternalTest.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/PubsubIOExternalTest.java
index abecf899aa07b..54908c7ee9d76 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/PubsubIOExternalTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/PubsubIOExternalTest.java
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.ParDoTranslation;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.PipelineTranslation;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.ReadTranslation;
-import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion.ExpansionService;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.BooleanCoder;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.StringUtf8Coder;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service.ExpansionService;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.ValueProvider;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.Create;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.DoFn;
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/kafka/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/kafka/build.gradle
index 9581f34798846..b234f4a637513 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/kafka/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/kafka/build.gradle
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ ext.summary = "Library to read Kafka topics."
 dependencies {
   compile library.java.vendored_guava_26_0_jre
   compile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadow")
+  compile project(":sdks:java:expansion-service")
   // Get back to "provided" since 2.14
   provided library.java.kafka_clients
   compile library.java.slf4j_api
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ dependencies {
     // It depends on "spotbugs-annotations:3.1.9" which clashes with current
     // "spotbugs-annotations:3.1.12" used in Beam. Not required.
     exclude group: "org.apache.zookeeper", module: "zookeeper"
-    // "kafka-clients" has to be provided since user can use its own version. 
+    // "kafka-clients" has to be provided since user can use its own version.
     exclude group: "org.apache.kafka", module: "kafka-clients"
   }
   provided library.java.jackson_dataformat_csv
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIOExternalTest.java b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIOExternalTest.java
index 632f2e4bf1fe2..d157c16798a6c 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIOExternalTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIOExternalTest.java
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.ParDoTranslation;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.PipelineTranslation;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.ReadTranslation;
-import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion.ExpansionService;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.IterableCoder;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.KvCoder;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.StringUtf8Coder;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service.ExpansionService;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.DoFn;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.Impulse;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.WithKeys;
diff --git a/sdks/java/testing/expansion-service/build.gradle b/sdks/java/testing/expansion-service/build.gradle
index 6efe7754aaee4..635280f234890 100644
--- a/sdks/java/testing/expansion-service/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/testing/expansion-service/build.gradle
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ dependencies {
   compile project(path: ":runners:core-construction-java")
   compile project(path: ":sdks:java:io:parquet")
   compile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadow")
+  compile project(":sdks:java:expansion-service")
   testRuntime library.java.hadoop_client
 }
 
 task runTestExpansionService (type: JavaExec) {
-  main = "org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.expansion.TestExpansionService"
+  main = "org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service.ExpansionService"
   classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
   args = [project.findProperty("constructionService.port") ?: "8097"]
 }
@@ -44,9 +45,10 @@ task buildTestExpansionServiceJar(type: ShadowJar) {
   mergeServiceFiles()
   manifest {
     attributes(
-            'Main-Class': 'org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.expansion.TestExpansionService'
+            'Main-Class': 'org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service.ExpansionService'
     )
   }
+  exclude 'META-INF/*.RSA', 'META-INF/*.SF','META-INF/*.DSA'
   from { project.configurations.testRuntime.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }}
   from sourceSets.main.output
   from sourceSets.test.output
diff --git a/sdks/java/testing/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/testing/expansion/TestExpansionService.java b/sdks/java/testing/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/testing/expansion/TestExpansionService.java
index c930b451061e0..2f9b26d0c132a 100644
--- a/sdks/java/testing/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/testing/expansion/TestExpansionService.java
+++ b/sdks/java/testing/expansion-service/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/testing/expansion/TestExpansionService.java
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
 import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.RunnerApi;
-import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.expansion.ExpansionService;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.AvroCoder;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.ExternalTransformRegistrar;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.expansion.service.ExpansionService;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.FileIO;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.parquet.ParquetIO;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.Count;
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollectionView;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TupleTag;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TypeDescriptors;
-import org.apache.beam.vendor.grpc.v1p26p0.io.grpc.Server;
-import org.apache.beam.vendor.grpc.v1p26p0.io.grpc.ServerBuilder;
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v26_0_jre.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v26_0_jre.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
@@ -344,12 +342,4 @@ public PCollection<GenericRecord> expand(PBegin input) {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-    int port = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
-    System.out.println("Starting expansion service at localhost:" + port);
-    Server server = ServerBuilder.forPort(port).addService(new ExpansionService()).build();
-    server.start();
-    server.awaitTermination();
-  }
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index e8da75e6b214f..580d3159ce47d 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ include ":sdks:java:bom"
 include ":sdks:java:build-tools"
 include ":sdks:java:container"
 include ":sdks:java:core"
+include ":sdks:java:expansion-service"
 include ":sdks:java:extensions:euphoria"
 include ":sdks:java:extensions:kryo"
 include ":sdks:java:extensions:google-cloud-platform-core"