diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.lib.dovecot.dict b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.lib.dovecot.dict
index cd56e6ca6..5eb947689 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.lib.dovecot.dict
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.lib.dovecot.dict
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
   /etc/dovecot/dovecot-database.conf.ext r,
   /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext r,
+  /etc/my.cnf r,
   /usr/lib/dovecot/dict mr,
 
   # Site-specific additions and overrides. See local/README for details.