diff --git a/public/hal_camera.te b/public/hal_camera.te
index 8fe744214b58a2770a38d33cde93ce8aad12173b..43f74b488e7b579757f997b2f50df2a667be1c36 100644
--- a/public/hal_camera.te
+++ b/public/hal_camera.te
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ allow hal_camera { appdomain -isolated_app }:fd use;
 allow hal_camera surfaceflinger:fd use;
 allow hal_camera hal_allocator_server:fd use;
 
+# Needed to provide debug dump output via dumpsys' pipes.
+allow hal_camera shell:fd use;
+allow hal_camera shell:fifo_file write;
+
 ###
 ### neverallow rules
 ###