diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/openssl b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/openssl
index 697da7aeb..75b45ece0 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/openssl
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/openssl
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf r,
+  /etc/ssl/{engdef,engines}.d/ r,
+  /etc/ssl/{engdef,engines}.d/*.cnf r,
   /usr/share/ssl/openssl.cnf r,
   @{PROC}/sys/crypto/fips_enabled r,