diff --git a/policy/modules/system/systemd.te b/policy/modules/system/systemd.te
index cda63a9cd..aade92136 100644
--- a/policy/modules/system/systemd.te
+++ b/policy/modules/system/systemd.te
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ auth_use_nsswitch(systemd_networkd_t)
 
 init_dgram_send(systemd_networkd_t)
 init_read_state(systemd_networkd_t)
+init_read_runtime_files(systemd_networkd_t)
 init_runtime_filetrans(systemd_networkd_t, systemd_networkd_runtime_t, dir)
 
 logging_send_syslog_msg(systemd_networkd_t)