diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/dconf b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/dconf
index c16dff72f..959cfd48b 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/dconf
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/dconf
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 # be specified in a specific application's profile.
 
   @{etc_ro}/dconf/** r,
-  owner @{run}/user/*/dconf/user r,
+  # TODO: make w conditional when an override is available, so it can be moved to a portal.
+  owner @{run}/user/*/dconf/user rw,
   owner @{HOME}/.config/dconf/user r,
 
   # Include additions to the abstraction