diff --git a/libcutils/sched_policy.c b/libcutils/sched_policy.c
index e11eb2e..05a2048 100644
--- a/libcutils/sched_policy.c
+++ b/libcutils/sched_policy.c
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 
 static int __sys_supports_schedgroups = -1;
 
+// File descriptors open to /dev/cpuctl/../tasks, setup by initialize, or -1 on error.
+static int bg_cgroup_fd = -1;
+static int fg_cgroup_fd = -1;
+
 #ifdef USE_CPUSETS
 // File descriptors open to /dev/cpuset/../tasks, setup by initialize, or -1 on error
 static int system_bg_cpuset_fd = -1;
@@ -69,7 +73,6 @@
 static int fg_schedboost_fd = -1;
 static int ta_schedboost_fd = -1;
 
-#if defined(USE_CPUSETS) || defined(USE_SCHEDBOOST)
 /* Add tid to the scheduling group defined by the policy */
 static int add_tid_to_cgroup(int tid, int fd)
 {
@@ -104,18 +107,30 @@
 
     return 0;
 }
-#endif //defined(USE_CPUSETS) || defined(USE_SCHEDBOOST)
 
 static void __initialize(void) {
+    char* filename;
     if (!access("/dev/cpuctl/tasks", F_OK)) {
         __sys_supports_schedgroups = 1;
+
+        filename = "/dev/cpuctl/tasks";
+        fg_cgroup_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+        if (fg_cgroup_fd < 0) {
+            SLOGE("open of %s failed: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        filename = "/dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive/tasks";
+        bg_cgroup_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+        if (bg_cgroup_fd < 0) {
+            SLOGE("open of %s failed: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+        }
     } else {
         __sys_supports_schedgroups = 0;
     }
 
 #ifdef USE_CPUSETS
     if (!access("/dev/cpuset/tasks", F_OK)) {
-        char* filename;
+
         filename = "/dev/cpuset/foreground/tasks";
         fg_cpuset_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
         filename = "/dev/cpuset/background/tasks";
@@ -365,24 +380,35 @@
 #endif
 
     if (__sys_supports_schedgroups) {
+        int fd = -1;
         int boost_fd = -1;
         switch (policy) {
         case SP_BACKGROUND:
+            fd = bg_cgroup_fd;
             boost_fd = bg_schedboost_fd;
             break;
         case SP_FOREGROUND:
         case SP_AUDIO_APP:
         case SP_AUDIO_SYS:
+            fd = fg_cgroup_fd;
             boost_fd = fg_schedboost_fd;
             break;
         case SP_TOP_APP:
+            fd = fg_cgroup_fd;
             boost_fd = ta_schedboost_fd;
             break;
         default:
+            fd = -1;
             boost_fd = -1;
             break;
         }
 
+
+        if (add_tid_to_cgroup(tid, fd) != 0) {
+            if (errno != ESRCH && errno != ENOENT)
+                return -errno;
+        }
+
 #ifdef USE_SCHEDBOOST
         if (boost_fd > 0 && add_tid_to_cgroup(tid, boost_fd) != 0) {
             if (errno != ESRCH && errno != ENOENT)
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 7dc9e55..df60f65 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@
     write /dev/cpuctl/cpu.rt_period_us 1000000
     write /dev/cpuctl/cpu.rt_runtime_us 950000
 
+    mkdir /dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive
+    chown system system /dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive/tasks
+    chmod 0666 /dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive/tasks
+    # 5.0 %
+    write /dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive/cpu.shares 52
+    write /dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive/cpu.rt_period_us 1000000
+    # active FIFO threads will never be in BG
+    write /dev/cpuctl/bg_non_interactive/cpu.rt_runtime_us 10000
+
     # sets up initial cpusets for ActivityManager
     mkdir /dev/cpuset
     mount cpuset none /dev/cpuset