diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd
index b7249ac04..ebd36ce23 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
   /usr/sbin/ntpd rmix,
   /var/lib/ntp/drift rwl,
   /var/lib/ntp/drift.TEMP rwl,
+  /var/lib/ntp/drift/driftfile rw,
+  /var/lib/ntp/drift/driftfile.TEMP rw,
   /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift rw,
   /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift.TEMP rw,
   /var/lib/ntp/etc/* r,