diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 63769f5a7..1e446f7ea 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ loglevel 3
     chown root log /proc/vmallocinfo
     chmod 0440 /proc/vmallocinfo
 
+    #change permissions on kmsg & sysrq-trigger so bugreports can grab kthread stacks
+    chown root system /proc/kmsg
+    chmod 0440 /proc/kmsg
+    chown root system /proc/sysrq-trigger
+    chmod 0220 /proc/sysrq-trigger
+
 # create basic filesystem structure
     mkdir /data/misc 01771 system misc
     mkdir /data/misc/bluetoothd 0770 bluetooth bluetooth