diff --git a/atrace/1.0/default/android.hardware.atrace@1.0-service.rc b/atrace/1.0/default/android.hardware.atrace@1.0-service.rc
index 7110b45c9f..31459b4916 100644
--- a/atrace/1.0/default/android.hardware.atrace@1.0-service.rc
+++ b/atrace/1.0/default/android.hardware.atrace@1.0-service.rc
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ service vendor.atrace-hal-1-0 /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.atrace@1.0-service
     interface android.hardware.atrace@1.0::IAtraceDevice default
     class early_hal
     user system
-    group system
+    group system readtracefs