diff --git a/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h b/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
index e7fb177..2fcc331 100644
--- a/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
+++ b/include/sysutils/SocketClient.h
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@
     uid_t getUid() const { return mUid; }
     gid_t getGid() const { return mGid; }
 
+    // Send null-terminated C strings:
     int sendMsg(int code, const char *msg, bool addErrno);
     int sendMsg(const char *msg);
+
+    // Sending binary data:
+    int sendData(const void *data, int len);
 };
 
 typedef android::List<SocketClient *> SocketClientCollection;
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp b/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
index 8e5f154..c9c7417 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
@@ -50,14 +50,26 @@
     }
 
     // Send the message including null character
+    if (sendData(msg, strlen(msg) + 1) != 0) {
+        SLOGW("Unable to send msg '%s'", msg);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int SocketClient::sendData(const void* data, int len) {
     int rc = 0;
-    const char *p = msg;
-    int brtw = strlen(msg) + 1;
+    const char *p = (const char*) data;
+    int brtw = len;
+
+    if (len == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     pthread_mutex_lock(&mWriteMutex);
-    while(brtw) {
-        if ((rc = write(mSocket,p, brtw)) < 0) {
-            SLOGW("Unable to send msg '%s' (%s)", msg, strerror(errno));
+    while (brtw > 0) {
+        if ((rc = write(mSocket, p, brtw)) < 0) {
+            SLOGW("write error (%s)", strerror(errno));
             pthread_mutex_unlock(&mWriteMutex);
             return -1;
         } else if (!rc) {
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index d1b27d0..90c017b 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@
 
 service netd /system/bin/netd
     socket netd stream 0660 root system
+    socket dnsproxyd stream 0660 root inet
 
 service debuggerd /system/bin/debuggerd