diff --git a/data/etc/com.android.emergency.xml b/data/etc/com.android.emergency.xml
index fa92b6da9460e..2d6ae2ebfb0a1 100644
--- a/data/etc/com.android.emergency.xml
+++ b/data/etc/com.android.emergency.xml
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@
         <permission name="android.permission.MANAGE_USERS"/>
         <permission name="android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE"/>
         <permission name="android.permission.START_ACTIVITIES_FROM_BACKGROUND"/>
+        <!-- Required to update emergency gesture settings -->
+        <permission name="android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS"/>
     </privapp-permissions>
 </permissions>