diff --git a/etc/init.rc b/etc/init.rc
index 6c07c60..c78a44a 100644
--- a/etc/init.rc
+++ b/etc/init.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import /init.recovery.${ro.hardware}.rc
 
 on early-init
+    # Apply strict SELinux checking of PROT_EXEC on mmap/mprotect calls.
+    write /sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot 0
+
+    # Set the security context for the init process.
+    # This should occur before anything else (e.g. ueventd) is started.
+    setcon u:r:init:s0
+
     start ueventd
     start healthd