diff --git a/cmds/statsd/statsd.rc b/cmds/statsd/statsd.rc
index faccd610e2231..9fb102770aab2 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/statsd.rc
+++ b/cmds/statsd/statsd.rc
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@
 
 service statsd /system/bin/statsd
     class main
+    user system
+    group system