diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c
index 0a393fd..bbce3c2 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
 
     /* switch to non-root user and group */
     gid_t groups[] = { AID_LOG, AID_SDCARD_R, AID_SDCARD_RW,
-            AID_MOUNT, AID_INET, AID_NET_BW_STATS };
+            AID_MOUNT, AID_INET, AID_NET_BW_STATS, AID_READPROC };
     if (setgroups(sizeof(groups)/sizeof(groups[0]), groups) != 0) {
         ALOGE("Unable to setgroups, aborting: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         return -1;
diff --git a/cmds/servicemanager/servicemanager.rc b/cmds/servicemanager/servicemanager.rc
index e73516d..b70fda7 100644
--- a/cmds/servicemanager/servicemanager.rc
+++ b/cmds/servicemanager/servicemanager.rc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 service servicemanager /system/bin/servicemanager
     class core
     user system
-    group system
+    group system readproc
     critical
     onrestart restart healthd
     onrestart restart zygote
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/surfaceflinger.rc b/services/surfaceflinger/surfaceflinger.rc
index 59a43e2..eb9bd25 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/surfaceflinger.rc
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/surfaceflinger.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 service surfaceflinger /system/bin/surfaceflinger
     class core
     user system
-    group graphics drmrpc
+    group graphics drmrpc readproc
     onrestart restart zygote
     writepid /dev/cpuset/system-background/tasks