diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 832c3f23c..257407a23 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ on post-fs-data
     # the following directory.
     mkdir /data/drm 0770 drm drm
 
+    # symlink to bugreport storage location
+    symlink /data/data/com.android.shell/files/bugreports /data/bugreports
+
     # If there is no fs-post-data action in the init.<device>.rc file, you
     # must uncomment this line, otherwise encrypted filesystems
     # won't work.