diff --git a/contexts/plat_file_contexts_test b/contexts/plat_file_contexts_test
index e003d65b1..95584252c 100644
--- a/contexts/plat_file_contexts_test
+++ b/contexts/plat_file_contexts_test
@@ -1271,3 +1271,5 @@
 /product/bin/otapreopt                                            postinstall_dexopt_exec
 /data/misc/uprobestats-configs                                    uprobestats_configs_data_file
 /data/misc/uprobestats-configs/test                               uprobestats_configs_data_file
+
+/tmp                                                              shell_data_file
diff --git a/private/file_contexts b/private/file_contexts
index 1fdeb14d9..a1bc85f5a 100644
--- a/private/file_contexts
+++ b/private/file_contexts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 /sys                u:object_r:sysfs:s0
 /apex               u:object_r:apex_mnt_dir:s0
 /bootstrap-apex     u:object_r:apex_mnt_dir:s0
+/tmp                u:object_r:shell_data_file:s0
 
 # Postinstall directories
 /postinstall         u:object_r:postinstall_mnt_dir:s0
diff --git a/public/init.te b/public/init.te
index 29dd42d43..47b8603b5 100644
--- a/public/init.te
+++ b/public/init.te
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ allow init {
     vendor_file
     postinstall_mnt_dir
     mirror_data_file
+    shell_data_file
 }:dir mounton;
 
 # Mount bpf fs on sys/fs/bpf