diff --git a/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-lxc b/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-lxc
index e556f2a7bd..0c8b812743 100644
--- a/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-lxc
+++ b/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-lxc
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
   #include <abstractions/base>
 
+ # Allow receiving signals from libvirtd
+  signal (receive) peer=libvirtd,
+  signal (receive) peer=/usr/sbin/libvirtd,
+
   umount,
 
   # ignore DENIED message on / remount