diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/Android.mk b/cmds/dumpstate/Android.mk
index 094dbc2..3194dbf 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/Android.mk
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/Android.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 LOCAL_MODULE := dumpstate
 
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libcutils liblog
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libcutils liblog libselinux
 
 ifdef BOARD_LIB_DUMPSTATE
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := $(BOARD_LIB_DUMPSTATE)
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/utils.c b/cmds/dumpstate/utils.c
index 9b0013e..fe716ac 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/utils.c
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/utils.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 
+#include <selinux/android.h>
+
 #include "dumpstate.h"
 
 /* list of native processes to include in the native dumps */
@@ -467,6 +469,9 @@
         if (!mkdir(anr_traces_dir, 0775)) {
             chown(anr_traces_dir, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM);
             chmod(anr_traces_dir, 0775);
+            if (selinux_android_restorecon(anr_traces_dir) == -1) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "restorecon failed for %s: %s\n", anr_traces_dir, strerror(errno));
+            }
         } else if (errno != EEXIST) {
             fprintf(stderr, "mkdir(%s): %s\n", anr_traces_dir, strerror(errno));
             return NULL;