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.
diff --git a/microdroid/bootconfig.full_debuggable b/microdroid/bootconfig.full_debuggable
index fd8a83e..0bdd810 100644
--- a/microdroid/bootconfig.full_debuggable
+++ b/microdroid/bootconfig.full_debuggable
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# The app is debuggable as full_debuggable is a superser of app_debuggable.
+androidboot.microdroid.app_debuggable=1
+
 # ro.debuggable is set.
 androidboot.microdroid.debuggable=1
 
diff --git a/microdroid/bootconfig.normal b/microdroid/bootconfig.normal
index 4378dbc..708d64b 100644
--- a/microdroid/bootconfig.normal
+++ b/microdroid/bootconfig.normal
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# The app is not debuggable.
+androidboot.microdroid.app_debuggable=0
+
 # ro.debuggable is off
 androidboot.microdroid.debuggable=0