diff --git a/init.hardware.xr.rc b/init.hardware.xr.rc
index ca00b492..126317bd 100644
--- a/init.hardware.xr.rc
+++ b/init.hardware.xr.rc
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import /vendor/etc/init/hw/init.${ro.hardware}.common.rc
 
 on init
+    # Boot into VR.
+    setprop ro.boot.vr 1
+
     # Setup cpusets used by the VR services.
     mkdir /dev/cpuset/kernel 0750 root system
     write /dev/cpuset/kernel/cpus 0