diff --git a/profiles/base/accounts/group/cros_ec-access b/profiles/base/accounts/group/cros_ec-access
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+group:cros_ec-access
+gid:416
+# This group is to grant rw access to /dev/cros_ec
+# runtime_probe because the runtime_probe binary needs
+# access for probing information w/o being root
+users:runtime_probe