diff --git a/policy/modules/kernel/filesystem.fc b/policy/modules/kernel/filesystem.fc
index cda5588eb..3d67e80e3 100644
--- a/policy/modules/kernel/filesystem.fc
+++ b/policy/modules/kernel/filesystem.fc
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@
 # for systemd systems:
 /sys/fs/cgroup		-d	gen_context(system_u:object_r:cgroup_t,s0)
 /sys/fs/cgroup/.*		<<none>>
+
+ifdef(`distro_debian',`
+/var/run/shm		-d	gen_context(system_u:object_r:tmpfs_t,s0)
+/var/run/shm/.*			<<none>>
+')