diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/freedesktop.org b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/freedesktop.org
index a3c9672fe..a8580fde1 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/freedesktop.org
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/freedesktop.org
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   @{system_share_dirs}/mime/** r,
 
   # per-user configurations
-  owner @{HOME}/.icons/                 r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.icons/{,**}            r,
   owner @{HOME}/.recently-used.xbel*    rw,
   owner @{HOME}/.local/share/recently-used.xbel* rw,
   owner @{HOME}/.config/user-dirs.dirs  r,