diff --git a/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc b/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
index b54842d66f..db340af5cd 100644
--- a/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
+++ b/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 service vendor.sensors-hal-1-0 /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service
     class hal
     user system
-    group system wakelock
+    group system wakelock uhid
     capabilities BLOCK_SUSPEND
     rlimit rtprio 10 10