diff --git a/data/etc/car/Android.bp b/data/etc/car/Android.bp
index 89644e2320c1a..ce31066f8d575 100644
--- a/data/etc/car/Android.bp
+++ b/data/etc/car/Android.bp
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ package {
     default_applicable_licenses: ["frameworks_base_license"],
 }
 
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "allowed_privapp_com.android.carsystemui",
+    system_ext_specific: true,
+    sub_dir: "permissions",
+    src: "com.android.carsystemui.xml",
+    filename_from_src: true,
+}
+
 prebuilt_etc {
     name: "allowed_privapp_android.car.cluster.loggingrenderer",
     sub_dir: "permissions",
diff --git a/data/etc/car/com.android.carsystemui.xml b/data/etc/car/com.android.carsystemui.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4e2f29438531d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/etc/car/com.android.carsystemui.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2021 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.systemui">
+        <permission name="android.car.permission.ACCESS_CAR_PROJECTION_STATUS"/>
+        <permission name="android.car.permission.CAR_CONTROL_AUDIO_VOLUME"/>
+        <permission name="android.car.permission.CAR_ENROLL_TRUST"/>
+        <permission name="android.car.permission.CAR_POWER"/>
+        <permission name="android.car.permission.CONTROL_CAR_CLIMATE"/>
+    </privapp-permissions>
+</permissions>