diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index f5febde..12999bd 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
     chmod 0660 /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
     mkdir /data/local 0751 root root
     mkdir /data/misc/media 0700 media media
+    mkdir /data/misc/boottrace 0771 system shell
 
     # For security reasons, /data/local/tmp should always be empty.
     # Do not place files or directories in /data/local/tmp
diff --git a/rootdir/init.trace.rc b/rootdir/init.trace.rc
index 50944e6..ed4629e 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.trace.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.trace.rc
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@
 # Allow only the shell group to read and truncate the kernel trace.
     chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
     chmod 0660 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
+
+on property:persist.debug.atrace.boottrace=1
+    start boottrace
+
+# Run atrace with the categories written in a file
+service boottrace /system/bin/atrace --async_start -f /data/misc/boottrace/categories
+    disabled
+    oneshot