diff --git a/target/product/base_system.mk b/target/product/base_system.mk
index 57e8275270..22284b1c18 100644
--- a/target/product/base_system.mk
+++ b/target/product/base_system.mk
@@ -486,6 +486,11 @@ PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += $(call add-to-product-copy-files-if-exists,\
 # Enable dirty image object binning to reduce dirty pages in the image.
 PRODUCT_PACKAGES += dirty-image-objects
 
+# Enable go/perfetto-persistent-tracing for eng builds
+ifneq (,$(filter eng, $(TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT)))
+    PRODUCT_PRODUCT_PROPERTIES += persist.debug.perfetto.persistent_sysui_tracing_for_bugreport=1
+endif
+
 $(call inherit-product, $(SRC_TARGET_DIR)/product/runtime_libart.mk)
 
 # Ensure all trunk-stable flags are available.