diff --git a/policy/modules/system/init.te b/policy/modules/system/init.te
index cc9438ce5..29dd74633 100644
--- a/policy/modules/system/init.te
+++ b/policy/modules/system/init.te
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ ifdef(`init_systemd',`
 	logging_relabelto_devlog_sock_files(init_t)
 	logging_relabel_generic_log_dirs(init_t)
 	logging_audit_socket_activation(init_t)
+	logging_use_syslogd_fd(init_t)
 
 	# lvm2-activation-generator checks file labels
 	seutil_read_file_contexts(init_t)
diff --git a/policy/modules/system/logging.if b/policy/modules/system/logging.if
index 4223e6b76..583b873a4 100644
--- a/policy/modules/system/logging.if
+++ b/policy/modules/system/logging.if
@@ -687,6 +687,25 @@ interface(`logging_send_syslog_msg',`
 	')
 ')
 
+########################################
+## <summary>
+##  Allow domain to use a file descriptor
+##  from syslogd.
+## </summary>
+## <param name="domain">
+##	<summary>
+##	Domain allowed access.
+##	</summary>
+## </param>
+#
+interface(`logging_use_syslogd_fd', `
+	gen_require(`
+		type syslogd_t;
+	')
+
+	allow $1 syslogd_t:fd use;
+')
+
 ########################################
 ## <summary>
 ##	Allow domain to relabelto devlog sock_files