diff --git a/data/etc/car/Android.bp b/data/etc/car/Android.bp
index 3e3aefc6f51dd..7f20b3bf2c406 100644
--- a/data/etc/car/Android.bp
+++ b/data/etc/car/Android.bp
@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ prebuilt_etc {
     filename_from_src: true,
 }
 
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "privapp_allowlist_com.google.android.car.networking.preferenceupdater",
+    sub_dir: "permissions",
+    src: "com.google.android.car.networking.preferenceupdater.xml",
+    filename_from_src: true,
+}
+
 prebuilt_etc {
     name: "allowed_privapp_com.android.carshell",
     sub_dir: "permissions",
diff --git a/data/etc/car/com.google.android.car.networking.preferenceupdater.xml b/data/etc/car/com.google.android.car.networking.preferenceupdater.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..489ce1b47ffab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/etc/car/com.google.android.car.networking.preferenceupdater.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?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.google.android.car.networking.preferenceupdater">
+        <permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
+        <permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
+        <permission name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_EMBEDDING"/>
+        <permission name="android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS"/>
+        <permission name="android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL"/>
+        <permission name="android.permission.CONNECTIVITY_USE_RESTRICTED_NETWORKS"/>
+        <permission name="android.permission.LOCATION_HARDWARE"/>
+    </privapp-permissions>
+</permissions>