diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/gtk b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/gtk
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+# vim:syntax=apparmor
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#    modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+#    License published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  abi <abi/3.0>,
+
+  /usr/share/themes/{,**} r,
+
+  /usr/share/gtksourceview-[0-9]*/{,**} r,
+
+  /usr/share/gtk-2.0/ r,
+  /usr/share/gtk-2.0/gtkrc r,
+
+  /usr/share/gtk-3.0/ r,
+  /usr/share/gtk-3.0/settings.ini r,
+
+  /etc/gtk-2.0/ r,
+  /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc r,
+
+  /etc/gtk-3.0/ r,
+  /etc/gtk-3.0/*.conf r,
+
+  /etc/gtk/gtkrc r,
+
+  owner @{HOME}/.themes/{,**} r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.local/share/themes/{,**} r,
+
+  owner @{HOME}/.gtk r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.gtkrc r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.gtkrc-2.0 r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.gtk-bookmarks r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.config/gtkrc r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.config/gtkrc-2.0 r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.config/gtk-3.0/ rw,
+  owner @{HOME}/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks r,
+  owner @{HOME}/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css r,
+
+  # for gtk file dialog
+  owner @{HOME}/.config/gtk-2.0/ rw,
+  owner @{HOME}/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini* rw,
+
+  # .Xauthority file required for X connections
+  owner @{HOME}/.Xauthority r,
+
+  # Xsession errors file
+  owner @{HOME}/.xsession-errors w,
+
+  # Include additions to the abstraction
+  include if exists <abstractions/gtk.d>