diff --git a/policy/modules/kernel/devices.fc b/policy/modules/kernel/devices.fc
index 3b9be43f9..bdff6b1a4 100644
--- a/policy/modules/kernel/devices.fc
+++ b/policy/modules/kernel/devices.fc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 /dev/controlD64		-c	gen_context(system_u:object_r:xserver_misc_device_t,s0)
 /dev/crash		-c	gen_context(system_u:object_r:crash_device_t,mls_systemhigh)
 /dev/dahdi/.*		-c	gen_context(system_u:object_r:sound_device_t,s0)
+/dev/dax[0-9]\.[0-9]	-c	gen_context(system_u:object_r:dax_device_t,mls_systemhigh)
 /dev/dmfm		-c	gen_context(system_u:object_r:sound_device_t,s0)
 /dev/dmmidi.*		-c	gen_context(system_u:object_r:sound_device_t,s0)
 /dev/dsp.*		-c	gen_context(system_u:object_r:sound_device_t,s0)
diff --git a/policy/modules/kernel/devices.te b/policy/modules/kernel/devices.te
index a0331212c..88a4246e8 100644
--- a/policy/modules/kernel/devices.te
+++ b/policy/modules/kernel/devices.te
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ dev_node(crash_device_t)
 type crypt_device_t;
 dev_node(crypt_device_t)
 
+#
+# Type for /dev/dax*.*
+#
+type dax_device_t;
+dev_node(dax_device_t)
+
 #
 # dlm_misc_device_t is the type of /dev/misc/dlm.*
 #