diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
index 81c3e1196..00d895a4a 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
@@ -120,6 +120,37 @@ export default class AndroidDevice extends ServerDevice {
     });
   }
 
+  async setIntoPermissiveMode(): Promise<void> {
+    console.debug('AndroidDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode', this.serial);
+    try {
+      try {
+        await this.adb.root(this.serial);
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (
+          !(e instanceof Error) ||
+          e.message !== 'adbd is already running as root'
+        ) {
+          throw e;
+        }
+      }
+      console.debug(
+        'AndroidDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode -> enabled root',
+        this.serial,
+      );
+      await this.executeShellOrDie('setenforce 0');
+      console.info(
+        'AndroidDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode -> success',
+        this.serial,
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.info(
+        'AndroidDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode -> failed',
+        this.serial,
+        e,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   async screenRecordAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
     try {
       await this.executeShellOrDie(
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/androidDeviceManager.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/androidDeviceManager.tsx
index dbd8e7359..b42d71c75 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/androidDeviceManager.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/androidDeviceManager.tsx
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ export class AndroidDeviceManager {
             });
           }
 
+          // Remote simulators connected via SSH tunnels
+          const isRemoteDevice = device.id.startsWith('localhost');
+          if (
+            androidLikeDevice instanceof AndroidDevice &&
+            type === 'physical' &&
+            !isRemoteDevice
+          ) {
+            await androidLikeDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode();
+          }
+
           // The default way of capturing screenshots through adb does not seem to work
           // There is a way of getting a screenshot through KaiOS dev tools though
           if (androidLikeDevice instanceof AndroidDevice) {
diff --git a/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts b/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
index 944064d29..42b0b1306 100644
--- a/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
+++ b/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ declare module 'adbkit' {
       serial: string,
       command: string | string[],
     ) => Promise<NodeJS.ReadStream>;
+    root: (serial: string) => Promise<true>;
     screencap: (serial: string) => Promise<NodeJS.WriteStream>;
     pull: (serial: string, path: string) => Promise<PullTransfer>;
     openLogcat: (