diff --git a/surfaceflinger.te b/surfaceflinger.te
index 514722394d299323430c99b244d788193f1756cf..eb7caebefb8ec4462840199a45e06eed71ad371a 100644
--- a/surfaceflinger.te
+++ b/surfaceflinger.te
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # surfaceflinger - display compositor service
 type surfaceflinger, domain;
+permissive surfaceflinger;
 type surfaceflinger_exec, exec_type, file_type;
 
 init_daemon_domain(surfaceflinger)