diff --git a/packages/CredentialManager/Android.bp b/packages/CredentialManager/Android.bp
index 90bb2d1a89482..2cb34680845b8 100644
--- a/packages/CredentialManager/Android.bp
+++ b/packages/CredentialManager/Android.bp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ android_app {
     ],
 
     platform_apis: true,
+    privileged: true,
 
     kotlincflags: ["-Xjvm-default=enable"],