diff --git a/init/util.c b/init/util.c
index 76af9e5..1820aa9 100755
--- a/init/util.c
+++ b/init/util.c
@@ -83,11 +83,15 @@
  * daemon. We communicate the file descriptor's value via the environment
  * variable ANDROID_SOCKET_ENV_PREFIX<name> ("ANDROID_SOCKET_foo").
  */
-int create_socket(const char *name, int type, mode_t perm, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+int create_socket(const char *name, int type, mode_t perm, uid_t uid,
+                  gid_t gid, const char *socketcon)
 {
     struct sockaddr_un addr;
     int fd, ret;
-    char *secon;
+    char *filecon;
+
+    if (socketcon)
+        setsockcreatecon(socketcon);
 
     fd = socket(PF_UNIX, type, 0);
     if (fd < 0) {
@@ -95,6 +99,9 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (socketcon)
+        setsockcreatecon(NULL);
+
     memset(&addr, 0 , sizeof(addr));
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     snprintf(addr.sun_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path), ANDROID_SOCKET_DIR"/%s",
@@ -106,11 +113,11 @@
         goto out_close;
     }
 
-    secon = NULL;
+    filecon = NULL;
     if (sehandle) {
-        ret = selabel_lookup(sehandle, &secon, addr.sun_path, S_IFSOCK);
+        ret = selabel_lookup(sehandle, &filecon, addr.sun_path, S_IFSOCK);
         if (ret == 0)
-            setfscreatecon(secon);
+            setfscreatecon(filecon);
     }
 
     ret = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof (addr));
@@ -120,7 +127,7 @@
     }
 
     setfscreatecon(NULL);
-    freecon(secon);
+    freecon(filecon);
 
     chown(addr.sun_path, uid, gid);
     chmod(addr.sun_path, perm);