diff --git a/gs_watchdogd/init.gs_watchdogd.rc b/gs_watchdogd/init.gs_watchdogd.rc
index 23d5fb2..ba3354f 100644
--- a/gs_watchdogd/init.gs_watchdogd.rc
+++ b/gs_watchdogd/init.gs_watchdogd.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Pet watchdog timer every half of its timeout period.
 service gs_watchdogd /system_ext/bin/gs_watchdogd
+    user root
     class core
     oneshot
     seclabel u:r:gs_watchdogd:s0