diff --git a/surfaceflinger.te b/surfaceflinger.te
index 246f41ccc49158072ee0d2260c4f36b52f7c2e65..e926bc89c571888d06fc44d37770339fb75896ff 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)