diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.dnsmasq b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.dnsmasq
index 0bb30eb2c..302fce2d5 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.dnsmasq
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.dnsmasq
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   capability net_raw,           # for DHCP server ping checks
   network inet raw,
 
+  signal (receive) peer=/usr/sbin/libvirtd,
+  ptrace (readby) peer=/usr/sbin/libvirtd,
+
   /etc/dnsmasq.conf r,
   /etc/dnsmasq.d/ r,
   /etc/dnsmasq.d/* r,