diff --git a/private/system_app.te b/private/system_app.te
index c849aeaf30c9e78e9eeb971b8177195a7166d8f1..c61bdd92af9a4138c19ca45ca330197a4d4cd3ee 100644
--- a/private/system_app.te
+++ b/private/system_app.te
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ allow system_app {
 
 control_logd(system_app)
 read_runtime_log_tags(system_app)
+get_prop(system_app, device_logging_prop)
 
 # allow system apps to use UDP sockets provided by the system server but not
 # modify them other than to connect