diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 94a2011..feac8ad 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -250,14 +250,12 @@
         for (ei = svc->envvars; ei; ei = ei->next)
             add_environment(ei->name, ei->value);
 
-        setsockcreatecon(scon);
-
         for (si = svc->sockets; si; si = si->next) {
             int socket_type = (
                     !strcmp(si->type, "stream") ? SOCK_STREAM :
                         (!strcmp(si->type, "dgram") ? SOCK_DGRAM : SOCK_SEQPACKET));
             int s = create_socket(si->name, socket_type,
-                                  si->perm, si->uid, si->gid);
+                                  si->perm, si->uid, si->gid, si->socketcon ?: scon);
             if (s >= 0) {
                 publish_socket(si->name, s);
             }
@@ -265,7 +263,6 @@
 
         freecon(scon);
         scon = NULL;
-        setsockcreatecon(NULL);
 
         if (svc->ioprio_class != IoSchedClass_NONE) {
             if (android_set_ioprio(getpid(), svc->ioprio_class, svc->ioprio_pri)) {
diff --git a/init/init.h b/init/init.h
index aa6a4ab..3928d52 100644
--- a/init/init.h
+++ b/init/init.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     uid_t uid;
     gid_t gid;
     int perm;
+    const char *socketcon;
 };
 
 struct svcenvinfo {
diff --git a/init/init_parser.c b/init/init_parser.c
index 776c699..7c2fa8c 100644
--- a/init/init_parser.c
+++ b/init/init_parser.c
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
         svc->envvars = ei;
         break;
     }
-    case K_socket: {/* name type perm [ uid gid ] */
+    case K_socket: {/* name type perm [ uid gid context ] */
         struct socketinfo *si;
         if (nargs < 4) {
             parse_error(state, "socket option requires name, type, perm arguments\n");
@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@
             si->uid = decode_uid(args[4]);
         if (nargs > 5)
             si->gid = decode_uid(args[5]);
+        if (nargs > 6)
+            si->socketcon = args[6];
         si->next = svc->sockets;
         svc->sockets = si;
         break;
diff --git a/init/property_service.c b/init/property_service.c
index 9afc756..a20f7ab 100644
--- a/init/property_service.c
+++ b/init/property_service.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
     /* Read persistent properties after all default values have been loaded. */
     load_persistent_properties();
 
-    fd = create_socket(PROP_SERVICE_NAME, SOCK_STREAM, 0666, 0, 0);
+    fd = create_socket(PROP_SERVICE_NAME, SOCK_STREAM, 0666, 0, 0, NULL);
     if(fd < 0) return;
     fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
     fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
diff --git a/init/readme.txt b/init/readme.txt
index 7a5997d..1e8c392 100644
--- a/init/readme.txt
+++ b/init/readme.txt
@@ -70,10 +70,13 @@
 setenv <name> <value>
    Set the environment variable <name> to <value> in the launched process.
 
-socket <name> <type> <perm> [ <user> [ <group> ] ]
+socket <name> <type> <perm> [ <user> [ <group> [ <context> ] ] ]
    Create a unix domain socket named /dev/socket/<name> and pass
    its fd to the launched process.  <type> must be "dgram", "stream" or "seqpacket".
    User and group default to 0.
+   Context is the SELinux security context for the socket.
+   It defaults to the service security context, as specified by seclabel or
+   computed based on the service executable file security context.
 
 user <username>
    Change to username before exec'ing this service.
diff --git a/init/util.c b/init/util.c
index 1908b3a..154bb2d 100644
--- a/init/util.c
+++ b/init/util.c
@@ -84,11 +84,15 @@
  * daemon. We communicate the file descriptor's value via the environment
  * variable ANDROID_SOCKET_ENV_PREFIX<name> ("ANDROID_SOCKET_foo").
  */
-int create_socket(const char *name, int type, mode_t perm, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+int create_socket(const char *name, int type, mode_t perm, uid_t uid,
+                  gid_t gid, const char *socketcon)
 {
     struct sockaddr_un addr;
     int fd, ret;
-    char *secon;
+    char *filecon;
+
+    if (socketcon)
+        setsockcreatecon(socketcon);
 
     fd = socket(PF_UNIX, type, 0);
     if (fd < 0) {
@@ -96,6 +100,9 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (socketcon)
+        setsockcreatecon(NULL);
+
     memset(&addr, 0 , sizeof(addr));
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     snprintf(addr.sun_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path), ANDROID_SOCKET_DIR"/%s",
@@ -107,11 +114,11 @@
         goto out_close;
     }
 
-    secon = NULL;
+    filecon = NULL;
     if (sehandle) {
-        ret = selabel_lookup(sehandle, &secon, addr.sun_path, S_IFSOCK);
+        ret = selabel_lookup(sehandle, &filecon, addr.sun_path, S_IFSOCK);
         if (ret == 0)
-            setfscreatecon(secon);
+            setfscreatecon(filecon);
     }
 
     ret = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof (addr));
@@ -121,7 +128,7 @@
     }
 
     setfscreatecon(NULL);
-    freecon(secon);
+    freecon(filecon);
 
     chown(addr.sun_path, uid, gid);
     chmod(addr.sun_path, perm);
diff --git a/init/util.h b/init/util.h
index 6bca4e6..04b8129 100644
--- a/init/util.h
+++ b/init/util.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 int mtd_name_to_number(const char *name);
 int create_socket(const char *name, int type, mode_t perm,
-                  uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
+                  uid_t uid, gid_t gid, const char *socketcon);
 void *read_file(const char *fn, unsigned *_sz);
 time_t gettime(void);
 unsigned int decode_uid(const char *s);