diff --git a/tools/releasetools/common.py b/tools/releasetools/common.py
index c2c6df1..bd3af68 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/common.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/common.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
     self.stash_threshold = 0.8
     self.logfile = None
     self.host_tools = {}
+    self.sepolicy_name = 'sepolicy.apex'
 
 
 OPTIONS = Options()