diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/libnuma b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/libnuma
index ea80cfdcc..9f761b130 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/libnuma
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/libnuma
@@ -11,12 +11,20 @@
 
   abi <abi/4.0>,
 
-  # this abstract profile can be included by applications that are
-  # dynamically linked to libnuma
+  # This abstract profile can be included by applications that are
+  # dynamically linked to libnuma.
+
   # libnuma defines the function num_init() as the .init function
   # to be called by the runtime linker (ld) when libnuma is loaded
+  # even if not any active usage of libnuma takes place
 
   @{sys}/devices/system/cpu/node/ r,
 
+  # Actually using libnuma functionality will need a few more
+  # sysfs entries to gather information about the system
+  @{sys}/devices/system/cpu/ r,
+  @{sys}/devices/system/node/node[0-9]*/meminfo r,
+  @{sys}/devices/system/node/*/cpumap r,
+
   # Include additions to the abstraction
   include if exists <abstractions/libnuma.d>