diff --git a/init/Android.mk b/init/Android.mk
index 1ca88d7..61c2ec8 100644
--- a/init/Android.mk
+++ b/init/Android.mk
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 init_options += \
     -DALLOW_LOCAL_PROP_OVERRIDE=1 \
     -DALLOW_PERMISSIVE_SELINUX=1 \
-    -DREBOOT_BOOTLOADER_ON_PANIC=1
+    -DREBOOT_BOOTLOADER_ON_PANIC=1 \
+    -DWORLD_WRITABLE_KMSG=1
 else
 init_options += \
     -DALLOW_LOCAL_PROP_OVERRIDE=0 \
     -DALLOW_PERMISSIVE_SELINUX=0 \
-    -DREBOOT_BOOTLOADER_ON_PANIC=0
+    -DREBOOT_BOOTLOADER_ON_PANIC=0 \
+    -DWORLD_WRITABLE_KMSG=0
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter eng,$(TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT)))
diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index e14034f..9ca41fa 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -884,6 +884,9 @@
     LOG(INFO) << "Running restorecon...";
     restorecon("/dev");
     restorecon("/dev/kmsg");
+    if constexpr (WORLD_WRITABLE_KMSG) {
+      restorecon("/dev/kmsg_debug");
+    }
     restorecon("/dev/socket");
     restorecon("/dev/random");
     restorecon("/dev/urandom");
@@ -1160,7 +1163,13 @@
         setgroups(arraysize(groups), groups);
         mount("sysfs", "/sys", "sysfs", 0, NULL);
         mount("selinuxfs", "/sys/fs/selinux", "selinuxfs", 0, NULL);
+
         mknod("/dev/kmsg", S_IFCHR | 0600, makedev(1, 11));
+
+        if constexpr (WORLD_WRITABLE_KMSG) {
+          mknod("/dev/kmsg_debug", S_IFCHR | 0622, makedev(1, 11));
+        }
+
         mknod("/dev/random", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 8));
         mknod("/dev/urandom", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 9));