diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/wutmp b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/wutmp
index d7509558a..1649ec8f3 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/wutmp
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/wutmp
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
   # some services update wtmp, utmp, and lastlog with per-user
   # connection information
   /var/log/lastlog  rwk,
-  /var/log/wtmp     wk,
+  /var/log/wtmp     rwk,
+  /var/log/btmp     rwk,
   /{,var/}run/utmp     rwk,