diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index d5026289e..e07e106ca 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ loglevel 3
     chown system system /cache/recovery
     chmod 0770 /cache/recovery
 
+    #change permissions on vmallocinfo so we can grab it from bugreports
+    chown root log /proc/vmallocinfo
+    chmod 0440 /proc/vmallocinfo
+
 # create basic filesystem structure
     mkdir /data/misc 01771 system misc
     mkdir /data/misc/bluetoothd 0770 bluetooth bluetooth