diff --git a/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h b/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
index 903f99f27..b6fea03fa 100644
--- a/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
+++ b/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 #define AID_VPN           1016  /* vpn system */
 #define AID_KEYSTORE      1017  /* keystore subsystem */
 #define AID_USB           1018  /* USB devices */
+#define AID_DRM           1019  /* DRM server */
+#define AID_DRMIO         1020  /* DRM IO server */
 
 #define AID_SHELL         2000  /* adb and debug shell user */
 #define AID_CACHE         2001  /* cache access */
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ static struct android_id_info android_ids[] = {
     { "adb",       AID_ADB, },
     { "install",   AID_INSTALL, },
     { "media",     AID_MEDIA, },
+    { "drm",       AID_DRM, },
+    { "drmio",     AID_DRMIO, },
     { "shell",     AID_SHELL, },
     { "cache",     AID_CACHE, },
     { "diag",      AID_DIAG, },
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 1e446f7ea..a01fdb553 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ loglevel 3
     chown root root /cache/lost+found
     chmod 0770 /cache/lost+found
 
+    # create data/drm directory
+    mkdir /data/drm 0774 drm drm
+    chown drm drm /data/drm
+    chmod 0774 /data/drm
+
 on boot
 # basic network init
     ifup lo
@@ -304,6 +309,13 @@ service zygote /system/bin/app_process -Xzygote /system/bin --zygote --start-sys
     onrestart write /sys/power/state on
     onrestart restart media
 
+service drm /system/bin/drmserver
+    user drm
+    group system root inet
+
+service drmio /system/bin/drmioserver
+    user drmio
+
 service media /system/bin/mediaserver
     user media
     group system audio camera graphics inet net_bt net_bt_admin net_raw