diff --git a/cmds/atrace/Android.bp b/cmds/atrace/Android.bp
index 69ed416..6c5869a 100644
--- a/cmds/atrace/Android.bp
+++ b/cmds/atrace/Android.bp
@@ -18,4 +18,10 @@
     ],
 
     init_rc: ["atrace.rc"],
+
+    product_variables: {
+        debuggable: {
+            init_rc: ["atrace_userdebug.rc"],
+        },
+    },
 }
diff --git a/cmds/atrace/atrace_userdebug.rc b/cmds/atrace/atrace_userdebug.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd28e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/atrace/atrace_userdebug.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+## Permissions to allow additional system-wide tracing to the kernel trace buffer.
+## The default list of permissions is set in frameworks/native/cmds/atrace/atrace.rc
+
+# Allow the shell group to enable kernel tracepoints:
+
+on post-fs
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sync/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/workqueue/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/regulator/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/pagecache/enable
+
+    # irq
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/irq/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ipi/enable
+
+    # disk
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/f2fs/f2fs_sync_file_enter/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/f2fs/f2fs_sync_file_exit/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/f2fs/f2fs_write_begin/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/f2fs/f2fs_write_end/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_da_write_begin/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_da_write_end/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_sync_file_enter/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_sync_file_exit/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_rq_issue/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_rq_complete/enable
+
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sync/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/workqueue/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/regulator/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/pagecache/enable
+
+    # irq
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/irq/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ipi/enable
+
+    # disk
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/f2fs/f2fs_sync_file_enter/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/f2fs/f2fs_sync_file_exit/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/f2fs/f2fs_write_begin/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/f2fs/f2fs_write_end/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_da_write_begin/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_da_write_end/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_sync_file_enter/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ext4/ext4_sync_file_exit/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_rq_issue/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_rq_complete/enable