diff --git a/sensors/2.0/multihal/android.hardware.sensors@2.0-service-multihal.rc b/sensors/2.0/multihal/android.hardware.sensors@2.0-service-multihal.rc
index 167168919a..a4da3b084b 100644
--- a/sensors/2.0/multihal/android.hardware.sensors@2.0-service-multihal.rc
+++ b/sensors/2.0/multihal/android.hardware.sensors@2.0-service-multihal.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 service vendor.sensors-hal-2-0-multihal /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.sensors@2.0-service.multihal
     class hal
     user system
-    group system
+    group system wakelock
+    writepid /dev/cpuset/system-background/tasks
     capabilities BLOCK_SUSPEND
     rlimit rtprio 10 10