diff --git a/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-qemu b/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-qemu
index 2d08d6f7ad..b132cf0226 100644
--- a/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-qemu
+++ b/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-qemu
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   # only modify its comm value or those in its thread group.
   owner @{PROC}/@{pid}/task/@{tid}/comm rw,
   @{PROC}/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap r,
+  @{PROC}/sys/vm/overcommit_memory r,
 
   # For hostdev access. The actual devices will be added dynamically
   /sys/bus/usb/devices/ r,