diff --git a/priv_app.te b/priv_app.te
index e2645c798e433df3eff416d394d57b46d51461c2..67e91cdb238f23696a83c97d3ae59d223acf3c9f 100644
--- a/priv_app.te
+++ b/priv_app.te
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ net_domain(priv_app)
 # Access bluetooth.
 bluetooth_domain(priv_app)
 
+# webview crash handling depends on self ptrace (b/27697529, b/20150694, b/19277529#comment7)
+allow priv_app self:process ptrace;
+
 # Some apps ship with shared libraries and binaries that they write out
 # to their sandbox directory and then execute.
 allow priv_app app_data_file:file rx_file_perms;