diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/ubuntu-email b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/ubuntu-email
index 4c6812ac7..48e0c6f40 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/ubuntu-email
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/ubuntu-email
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
   /usr/bin/sylpheed Cx -> sanitized_helper,
   /usr/bin/tkrat Cx -> sanitized_helper,
 
+  /usr/bin/thunderbird Cx -> sanitized_helper, # used by gio-launch-desktop
   /usr/lib/thunderbird*/thunderbird{,.sh,-bin} Cx -> sanitized_helper,
-