diff --git a/rootdir/etc/init.qcom.rc b/rootdir/etc/init.qcom.rc
index b5a7ecfa..70a0b07e 100755
--- a/rootdir/etc/init.qcom.rc
+++ b/rootdir/etc/init.qcom.rc
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ on init
 on early-boot
     # set RLIMIT_MEMLOCK to 64MB
     setrlimit 8 67108864 67108864
+    # Allow subsystem (modem etc) debugging
+    write /sys/module/subsystem_restart/parameters/enable_debug ${persist.sys.ssr.enable_debug}
     exec /system/bin/sh /init.qcom.early_boot.sh ${ro.board.platform}
     exec /system/bin/sh /init.qcom.syspart_fixup.sh ${ro.board.platform} ${ro.serialno}