diff --git a/healthd/android.hardware.health@2.0-service.rc b/healthd/android.hardware.health@2.0-service.rc
index 6960c5d38..762771e5e 100644
--- a/healthd/android.hardware.health@2.0-service.rc
+++ b/healthd/android.hardware.health@2.0-service.rc
@@ -2,5 +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
+    capabilities WAKE_ALARM BLOCK_SUSPEND
     file /dev/kmsg w