diff --git a/conf/init.gs101.rc b/conf/init.gs101.rc
index 62d67eab..abe67ca0 100644
--- a/conf/init.gs101.rc
+++ b/conf/init.gs101.rc
@@ -634,6 +634,17 @@ on property:sys.boot_completed=1
     write /sys/kernel/vendor_sched/ta_uclamp_min 103
     write /sys/kernel/vendor_sched/fg_uclamp_min 0
 
+    # Setup cpu.shares to throttle background group at 5%
+    write /dev/cpuctl/background/cpu.shares 1024
+    write /dev/cpuctl/system/cpu.shares 20480
+    # We only have system and background groups holding tasks and the groups below are empty
+    write /dev/cpuctl/camera-daemon/cpu.shares 20480
+    write /dev/cpuctl/foreground/cpu.shares 20480
+    write /dev/cpuctl/nnapi-hal/cpu.shares 20480
+    write /dev/cpuctl/rt/cpu.shares 20480
+    write /dev/cpuctl/system-background/cpu.shares 20480
+    write /dev/cpuctl/top-app/cpu.shares 20480
+
     # gvotables for dumpstate
     chown system system /sys/kernel/debug/gvotables