diff --git a/private/app.te b/private/app.te
index a9d89649e6cf32b6c54f3f0d0a6d027da8c3b9e2..f1bf1fca35b9627f829a0753dd25056af29d291f 100644
--- a/private/app.te
+++ b/private/app.te
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ get_prop({ appdomain -isolated_app }, hwservicemanager_prop);
 # Allow app access to mediacodec (IOMX HAL)
 binder_call({ appdomain -isolated_app }, mediacodec)
 
+# Allow AAudio apps to use shared memory file descriptors from the HAL
+allow { appdomain -isolated_app } hal_audio:fd use;
+
 # Allow app to access shared memory created by camera HAL1
 allow { appdomain -isolated_app } hal_camera:fd use;