diff --git a/healthd/android.hardware.health@2.0-service.rc b/healthd/android.hardware.health@2.0-service.rc
index dca0ccc0e..6960c5d38 100644
--- a/healthd/android.hardware.health@2.0-service.rc
+++ b/healthd/android.hardware.health@2.0-service.rc
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ service health-hal-2-0 /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.health@2.0-service
     class hal
     user system
     group system
+    capabilities WAKE_ALARM
     file /dev/kmsg w