diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 9344f3662..7b24dd3e8 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -596,6 +596,11 @@ on property:sys.sysctl.extra_free_kbytes=*
 on property:sys.sysctl.tcp_def_init_rwnd=*
     write /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_default_init_rwnd ${sys.sysctl.tcp_def_init_rwnd}
 
+on property:security.perf_harden=0
+    write /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid 1
+
+on property:security.perf_harden=1
+    write /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid 3
 
 ## Daemon processes to be run by init.
 ##