diff --git a/lmkd.te b/lmkd.te
index 2d09ce53030c5222a8729e57a134985f17627f8e..8643d911539e3d53fd78a53698873f4a621a73f0 100644
--- a/lmkd.te
+++ b/lmkd.te
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type lmkd_exec, exec_type, file_type;
 
 init_daemon_domain(lmkd)
 
-allow lmkd self:capability dac_override;
+allow lmkd self:capability { dac_override sys_resource };
 
 ## Open and write to /proc/PID/oom_score_adj
 ## TODO: maybe scope this down?