diff --git a/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp b/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
index cd8ef94..d094811 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/cgroup_map.cpp
@@ -126,22 +126,26 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    Json::Value cgroups = root["Cgroups"];
-    for (Json::Value::ArrayIndex i = 0; i < cgroups.size(); ++i) {
-        std::string name = cgroups[i]["Controller"].asString();
-        descriptors->emplace(std::make_pair(
-                name,
-                CgroupDescriptor(1, name, cgroups[i]["Path"].asString(),
-                                 std::strtoul(cgroups[i]["Mode"].asString().c_str(), 0, 8),
-                                 cgroups[i]["UID"].asString(), cgroups[i]["GID"].asString())));
+    if (root.isMember("Cgroups")) {
+        const Json::Value& cgroups = root["Cgroups"];
+        for (Json::Value::ArrayIndex i = 0; i < cgroups.size(); ++i) {
+            std::string name = cgroups[i]["Controller"].asString();
+            descriptors->emplace(std::make_pair(
+                    name,
+                    CgroupDescriptor(1, name, cgroups[i]["Path"].asString(),
+                                     std::strtoul(cgroups[i]["Mode"].asString().c_str(), 0, 8),
+                                     cgroups[i]["UID"].asString(), cgroups[i]["GID"].asString())));
+        }
     }
 
-    Json::Value cgroups2 = root["Cgroups2"];
-    descriptors->emplace(std::make_pair(
-            CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME,
-            CgroupDescriptor(2, CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, cgroups2["Path"].asString(),
-                             std::strtoul(cgroups2["Mode"].asString().c_str(), 0, 8),
-                             cgroups2["UID"].asString(), cgroups2["GID"].asString())));
+    if (root.isMember("Cgroups2")) {
+        const Json::Value& cgroups2 = root["Cgroups2"];
+        descriptors->emplace(std::make_pair(
+                CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME,
+                CgroupDescriptor(2, CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, cgroups2["Path"].asString(),
+                                 std::strtoul(cgroups2["Mode"].asString().c_str(), 0, 8),
+                                 cgroups2["UID"].asString(), cgroups2["GID"].asString())));
+    }
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/rootdir/Android.mk b/rootdir/Android.mk
index 123fdd7..b5e5a71 100644
--- a/rootdir/Android.mk
+++ b/rootdir/Android.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@
 include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
 
 #######################################
+# cgroups.json for recovery
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LOCAL_MODULE := cgroups.recovery.json
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(LOCAL_MODULE)
+LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := ETC
+LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/system/etc
+LOCAL_MODULE_STEM := cgroups.json
+include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
+
+#######################################
 # task_profiles.json
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
diff --git a/rootdir/cgroups.recovery.json b/rootdir/cgroups.recovery.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0bf5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootdir/cgroups.recovery.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "Cgroups": [
+    {
+      "Controller": "cpuacct",
+      "Path": "/acct",
+      "Mode": "0555"
+    }
+  ]
+}