diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/nameservice b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/nameservice
index d215b3819..14f1a6828 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/nameservice
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/nameservice
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
   @{run}/nscd/db*  rmix,
 
   # make libnss-libvirt name resolution work.
-  /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/*  r,
+  /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/  r,
+  /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/*.status  r,
 
   # The nss libraries are sometimes used in addition to PAM; make sure
   # they are available