diff --git a/init/Android.bp b/init/Android.bp
index 37e359c..57555f6 100644
--- a/init/Android.bp
+++ b/init/Android.bp
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
 cc_test {
     name: "CtsInitTestCases",
     defaults: ["init_defaults"],
+    require_root: true,
+
     compile_multilib: "both",
     multilib: {
         lib32: {