diff --git a/microdroid/init.rc b/microdroid/init.rc
index 29f8970..2298821 100644
--- a/microdroid/init.rc
+++ b/microdroid/init.rc
@@ -146,10 +146,12 @@
     capabilities CHOWN DAC_OVERRIDE DAC_READ_SEARCH FOWNER SYS_ADMIN
 
 service ueventd /system/bin/ueventd
+    user root
+    group root
     class core
     critical
     seclabel u:r:ueventd:s0
-    capabilities CHOWN DAC_OVERRIDE DAC_READ_SEARCH FOWNER FSETID MKNOD NET_ADMIN SETGID SETUID SYS_MODULE SYS_RAWIO
+    capabilities CHOWN DAC_OVERRIDE DAC_READ_SEARCH FOWNER FSETID MKNOD NET_ADMIN SETGID SETUID SYS_MODULE SYS_RAWIO SYS_ADMIN
 
 service console /system/bin/sh
     class core