diff --git a/keystore/Android.bp b/keystore/Android.bp
index a12183f..9bd363f 100644
--- a/keystore/Android.bp
+++ b/keystore/Android.bp
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@
         pdk: {
             enabled: false,
         },
+	debuggable: {
+            cflags: [
+                // Allow VTS tests running as root to have
+                // additional permissions.
+                "-DGRANT_ROOT_ALL_PERMISSIONS",
+            ],
+        },
     },
 
     required: ["keystore_cli_v2"],
diff --git a/keystore/permissions.cpp b/keystore/permissions.cpp
index 42568b2..c68be50 100644
--- a/keystore/permissions.cpp
+++ b/keystore/permissions.cpp
@@ -54,9 +54,16 @@
     uid_t euid;
 };
 
-user_euid user_euids[] = {
-    {AID_VPN, AID_SYSTEM}, {AID_WIFI, AID_SYSTEM}, {AID_ROOT, AID_SYSTEM},
-    {AID_WIFI, AID_KEYSTORE}, {AID_KEYSTORE, AID_WIFI}
+user_euid user_euids[] = {{AID_VPN, AID_SYSTEM},
+                          {AID_WIFI, AID_SYSTEM},
+                          {AID_ROOT, AID_SYSTEM},
+                          {AID_WIFI, AID_KEYSTORE},
+                          {AID_KEYSTORE, AID_WIFI},
+
+#ifdef GRANT_ROOT_ALL_PERMISSIONS
+                          // Allow VTS tests to act on behalf of the wifi user
+                          {AID_WIFI, AID_ROOT}
+#endif
 };
 
 struct user_perm {
@@ -68,7 +75,13 @@
     {AID_SYSTEM, static_cast<perm_t>((uint32_t)(~0))},
     {AID_VPN, static_cast<perm_t>(P_GET | P_SIGN | P_VERIFY)},
     {AID_WIFI, static_cast<perm_t>(P_GET | P_SIGN | P_VERIFY)},
+
+#ifdef GRANT_ROOT_ALL_PERMISSIONS
+    // Allow VTS tests running as root to perform all operations
+    {AID_ROOT, static_cast<perm_t>((uint32_t)(~0))},
+#else
     {AID_ROOT, static_cast<perm_t>(P_GET)},
+#endif
 };
 
 static const perm_t DEFAULT_PERMS = static_cast<perm_t>(