diff --git a/gear/dumpstate/android.hardware.dumpstate-service.rc b/gear/dumpstate/android.hardware.dumpstate-service.rc
index ee69a68..3aba985 100644
--- a/gear/dumpstate/android.hardware.dumpstate-service.rc
+++ b/gear/dumpstate/android.hardware.dumpstate-service.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 service vendor.dumpstate-default /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.dumpstate-service
     class hal
     user system
-    group system shell
+    group system shell readtracefs
     interface aidl android.hardware.dumpstate.IDumpstateDevice/default