diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/samba b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/samba
index b5e167064..e41e7d1ac 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/samba
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/samba
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   @{run}/{,lock/}samba/*.tdb rwk,
   @{run}/{,lock/}samba/msg.{lock,sock}/ rwk,
   @{run}/{,lock/}samba/msg.{lock,sock}/[0-9]* rwk,
+  /var/cache/samba/*.tdb rwk,
   /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/ rwk,
   /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/[0-9]* rwk,