diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Client.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Client.cpp
index f7d32d014..49389e062 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Client.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Client.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ status_t Client::onTransact(
      const int pid = ipc->getCallingPid();
      const int uid = ipc->getCallingUid();
      const int self_pid = getpid();
-     if (CC_UNLIKELY(pid != self_pid && uid != AID_GRAPHICS && uid != 0)) {
+     if (CC_UNLIKELY(pid != self_pid && uid != AID_GRAPHICS && uid != AID_SYSTEM && uid != 0)) {
          // we're called from a different process, do the real check
          if (!PermissionCache::checkCallingPermission(sAccessSurfaceFlinger))
          {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index c93115559..69550b81d 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ status_t SurfaceFlinger::onTransact(
             IPCThreadState* ipc = IPCThreadState::self();
             const int pid = ipc->getCallingPid();
             const int uid = ipc->getCallingUid();
-            if ((uid != AID_GRAPHICS) &&
+            if ((uid != AID_GRAPHICS && uid != AID_SYSTEM) &&
                     !PermissionCache::checkPermission(sAccessSurfaceFlinger, pid, uid)) {
                 ALOGE("Permission Denial: "
                         "can't access SurfaceFlinger pid=%d, uid=%d", pid, uid);