diff --git a/tests/regression/subdomain/prologue.inc b/tests/regression/subdomain/prologue.inc
index 7c195f59f..ffeddd26d 100755
--- a/tests/regression/subdomain/prologue.inc
+++ b/tests/regression/subdomain/prologue.inc
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ fi
 	
 	local num_emitted imagename hat args arg names1 names2
 	#global complainflag escapeflag nodefaults profile profilenames
+	local hat_string="hat:"
 
 	complainflag=""
 	escapeflag=""
@@ -392,7 +393,9 @@ fi
 				 ;;
 		esac
 
-		num_args=0
+		#give every profile/hat access to change_hat
+		args[0]="/proc/*/attr/current:w"
+		num_args=1
 		while [ $# -gt 0 ]
 		do
 			arg="$1"
@@ -404,8 +407,15 @@ fi
 				eval emit_profile \"$imagename\" \"$imageperm\" \
 					$(for i in $(seq 0 $((${num_args} - 1))) ; do echo \"\${args[${i}]}\" ; done)
 				num_emitted=$((num_emitted + 1))
-				num_args=0
+				#give every profile/hat access to change_hat
+				args[0]="/proc/*/attr/current:w"
+				num_args=1
 				continue 2
+			elif [ ${arg:0:4} == "hat:" ] ; then
+				args[${num_args}]=${arg}
+				num_args=$(($num_args + 1))
+				args[${num_args}]="/proc/*/attr/current:w"
+				num_args=$(($num_args + 1))
 			else
 				args[${num_args}]=${arg}
 				num_args=$(($num_args + 1))