diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/fonts b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/fonts
index 7c001a1ea..ac1fa00f6 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/fonts
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/fonts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   @{HOME}/.fonts/**                     r,
   @{HOME}/.fonts.cache-2               mr,
   @{HOME}/.fontconfig/                  r,
-  @{HOME}/.fontconfig/**               rl,
+  @{HOME}/.fontconfig/**              mrl,
 
   /usr/local/share/fonts/               r,
   /usr/local/share/fonts/**             r,