diff --git a/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc b/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
index c085552..059e5db 100644
--- a/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
+++ b/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
     class hal
     user system
     group system
+    capabilities SYS_NICE