diff --git a/system.te b/system.te
index 6466e9664277b8ed60da82e7fa91f265f1662bb6..6389b0ee168d719688916c68233ba97fac4495f8 100644
--- a/system.te
+++ b/system.te
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ selinux_setenforce(system_app)
 
 # Allow settings app to set SELinux booleans
 selinux_setbool(system_app)
+
+# Allow settings app to read syslog to display AVC messages
+allow system_app kernel:system syslog_read;
+
 }
 
 #