diff --git a/hwservicemanager.te b/hwservicemanager.te
index c3477556bb9b38085eb851ddeac046588fc3b240..649e2b8f6f6666c4af64e047618f5e34ee2cdd92 100644
--- a/hwservicemanager.te
+++ b/hwservicemanager.te
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ init_daemon_domain(hwservicemanager)
 allow hwservicemanager self:binder set_context_mgr;
 allow hwservicemanager { domain -init }:binder transfer;
 
+set_prop(hwservicemanager, hwservicemanager_prop)
+
 # TODO once hwservicemanager checks whether HALs are
 # allowed to register a certain service, add policy here
 # for allowing to check SELinux permissions.
diff --git a/property.te b/property.te
index 2c2ddcce83ce7cf3de2d23d5b245783e93c62176..379320fd10ea165f3a62baf531ee063260cc8f53 100644
--- a/property.te
+++ b/property.te
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ type dalvik_prop, property_type, core_property_type;
 type config_prop, property_type, core_property_type;
 type device_logging_prop, property_type;
 type safemode_prop, property_type;
+type hwservicemanager_prop, property_type;
 
 allow property_type tmpfs:filesystem associate;
diff --git a/property_contexts b/property_contexts
index 34191db45de71be5a9edf906be01d64b5d355a49..df822231347f28299629225c24bf4e0419463142 100644
--- a/property_contexts
+++ b/property_contexts
@@ -99,3 +99,6 @@ ro.dalvik.              u:object_r:dalvik_prop:s0
 
 # Shared between system server and wificond
 wlan.                   u:object_r:wifi_prop:s0
+
+# hwservicemanager properties
+hwservicemanager.       u:object_r:hwservicemanager_prop:s0