diff --git a/private/file_contexts b/private/file_contexts
index cdc6d458cf7fbae1e2380797590fff5c39c52d33..4547b6a0d960d7e3dde654ef9c2b38887df96974 100644
--- a/private/file_contexts
+++ b/private/file_contexts
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
 /system/lib(64)?/libart.*        u:object_r:libart_file:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.audio@2\.0-service          u:object_r:hal_audio_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.boot@1\.0-service           u:object_r:hal_boot_exec:s0
+/system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.ir@1\.0-service           u:object_r:hal_ir_default_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.graphics\.allocator@2\.0-service   u:object_r:hal_graphics_allocator_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.graphics\.composer@2\.1-service    u:object_r:hal_graphics_composer_exec:s0
 /system/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.light@2\.0-service          u:object_r:hal_light_default_exec:s0
diff --git a/private/hal_ir_default.te b/private/hal_ir_default.te
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ccd436b57b862264e38a18ac2f65e2ea678c101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/hal_ir_default.te
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type hal_ir_default, hal_ir, domain;
+type hal_ir_default_exec, exec_type, file_type;
+
+# may be started by init
+init_daemon_domain(hal_ir_default)
diff --git a/public/attributes b/public/attributes
index 5b68eea005b2544d05ae98d5b20171adfd89d74f..497cb90bce44b4242a03dd24da053fe309bc811c 100644
--- a/public/attributes
+++ b/public/attributes
@@ -116,3 +116,4 @@ attribute update_engine_common;
 
 # HALs
 attribute hal_light;
+attribute hal_ir;
diff --git a/public/hal_ir.te b/public/hal_ir.te
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c7b51a9bf692b87f1cb50016d1df192904744de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/hal_ir.te
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# hwbinder access
+hwbinder_use(hal_ir)
+
+# call into system_server process (callbacks)
+binder_call(hal_ir, system_server)
diff --git a/public/system_server.te b/public/system_server.te
index 146e55735e0e57cf7f4a4e7d1d5c82dfccf7ab69..f7f87f82a5d9ea175e2dde5c513457adf6a792e5 100644
--- a/public/system_server.te
+++ b/public/system_server.te
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ binder_service(system_server)
 # Perform HwBinder IPC.
 hwbinder_use(system_server)
 binder_call(system_server, hal_boot)
+binder_call(system_server, hal_ir)
 binder_call(system_server, hal_light)
 binder_call(system_server, hal_memtrack)
 binder_call(system_server, hal_power)