diff --git a/microdroid/bootconfig.app_debuggable b/microdroid/bootconfig.app_debuggable
index 5257b6e..0d85186 100644
--- a/microdroid/bootconfig.app_debuggable
+++ b/microdroid/bootconfig.app_debuggable
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# The app is debuggable.
+androidboot.microdroid.app_debuggable=1
+
 # TODO(b/203369076) This should be 0 to disable adb rooting. For now, we can't do that because
 # if this is set to 0, adbd enforces the host authentication but we don't put the adb
 # public key (which represents the owner) in the VM yet.