diff --git a/adb/adb.c b/adb/adb.c
index 32aff2c..949e5ea 100644
--- a/adb/adb.c
+++ b/adb/adb.c
@@ -1184,6 +1184,33 @@
 }
 
 #if !ADB_HOST
+
+static void drop_capabilities_bounding_set_if_needed() {
+#ifdef ALLOW_ADBD_ROOT
+    char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
+    property_get("ro.debuggable", value, "");
+    if (strcmp(value, "1") == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; prctl(PR_CAPBSET_READ, i, 0, 0, 0) >= 0; i++) {
+        if ((i == CAP_NET_RAW) || (i == CAP_SETUID) || (i == CAP_SETGID)) {
+            // CAP_NET_RAW needed by /system/bin/ping
+            // CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID needed by /system/bin/run-as
+            continue;
+        }
+        int err = prctl(PR_CAPBSET_DROP, i, 0, 0, 0);
+
+        // Some kernels don't have file capabilities compiled in, and
+        // prctl(PR_CAPBSET_DROP) returns EINVAL. Don't automatically
+        // die when we see such misconfigured kernels.
+        if ((err < 0) && (errno != EINVAL)) {
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static int should_drop_privileges() {
 #ifndef ALLOW_ADBD_ROOT
     return 1;
@@ -1278,6 +1305,8 @@
             exit(1);
         }
 
+        drop_capabilities_bounding_set_if_needed();
+
         /* add extra groups:
         ** AID_ADB to access the USB driver
         ** AID_LOG to read system logs (adb logcat)
diff --git a/run-as/package.c b/run-as/package.c
index 143d647..683dae6 100644
--- a/run-as/package.c
+++ b/run-as/package.c
@@ -76,13 +76,30 @@
     struct stat  st;
     size_t  length = 0;
     void*   address = NULL;
+    gid_t   oldegid;
 
     *filesize = 0;
 
+    /*
+     * Temporarily switch effective GID to allow us to read
+     * the packages file
+     */
+
+    oldegid = getegid();
+    if (setegid(AID_SYSTEM) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     /* open the file for reading */
     fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(filename, O_RDONLY));
-    if (fd < 0)
+    if (fd < 0) {
         return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* restore back to our old egid */
+    if (setegid(oldegid) < 0) {
+        goto EXIT;
+    }
 
     /* get its size */
     ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(fstat(fd, &st));