diff --git a/wifi/1.2/default/android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service.rc b/wifi/1.2/default/android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service.rc
index eecb6d0a25..cf849d04ab 100644
--- a/wifi/1.2/default/android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service.rc
+++ b/wifi/1.2/default/android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 service vendor.wifi_hal_legacy /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service
     class hal
+    capabilities NET_ADMIN NET_RAW SYS_MODULE
     user wifi
     group wifi gps