diff --git a/public/hal_audio.te b/public/hal_audio.te
index aabc884f8..237ffcd7c 100644
--- a/public/hal_audio.te
+++ b/public/hal_audio.te
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ allow hal_audio dumpstate:fifo_file write;
 
 # Needed to allow sound trigger hal to access shared memory from apps.
 allow hal_audio_server appdomain:fd use;
+# Allow sound trigger hal to access shared memory from system server.
+allow hal_audio_server system_server_tmpfs:file { getattr map read };
 
 # allow self to set scheduler (and allows Binder RT PI)
 allow hal_audio_server self:global_capability_class_set sys_nice;