diff --git a/rootdir/init.trace.rc b/rootdir/init.trace.rc
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+## Permissions to allow system-wide tracing to the kernel trace buffer.
+##
+on boot
+
+# Allow writing to the kernel trace log.
+    chmod 0222 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_marker
+
+# Allow the shell group to enable (some) kernel tracing.
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_clock
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/overwrite
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/power/cpu_frequency/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/power/cpu_idle/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/cpufreq_interactive/enable
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
+
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_clock
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/overwrite
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/power/cpu_frequency/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/power/cpu_idle/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/cpufreq_interactive/enable
+    chmod 0664 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
+
+# Allow only the shell group to read and truncate the kernel trace.
+    chown root shell /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
+    chmod 0660 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace