diff --git a/data/etc/car/Android.bp b/data/etc/car/Android.bp
index e5492714b29fe..3c990abaec871 100644
--- a/data/etc/car/Android.bp
+++ b/data/etc/car/Android.bp
@@ -163,3 +163,10 @@ prebuilt_etc {
     src: "com.android.car.ui.paintbooth.xml",
     filename_from_src: true,
 }
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "allowed_privapp_com.android.carshell",
+    sub_dir: "permissions",
+    src: "com.android.car.shell.xml",
+    filename_from_src: true,
+}
diff --git a/data/etc/car/com.android.car.shell.xml b/data/etc/car/com.android.car.shell.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..32666c8d9f68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/etc/car/com.android.car.shell.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License
+  -->
+<permissions>
+    <privapp-permissions package="com.android.car.shell">
+        <permission name="android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES" />
+        <permission name="android.permission.MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL"/>
+    </privapp-permissions>
+</permissions>