diff --git a/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.sh b/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.sh
index 0eb0154bf..f1b801d91 100755
--- a/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.sh
+++ b/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ case "$boot_anim" in
     ;;
 esac
 
+# call 'qemu-props' to set system properties from the emulator.
+#
+/system/bin/qemu-props
+
 # this line doesn't really do anything useful. however without it the
 # previous setprop doesn't seem to apply for some really odd reason
 setprop ro.qemu.init.completed 1