diff --git a/private/mediatranscoding.te b/private/mediatranscoding.te
index caa2e7a..2a43cf9 100644
--- a/private/mediatranscoding.te
+++ b/private/mediatranscoding.te
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 # allow mediatranscoding service write permission to statsd socket
 unix_socket_send(mediatranscoding, statsdw, statsd)
 
+# Allow mediatranscoding to access the DMA-BUF system heap
+allow mediatranscoding dmabuf_system_heap_device:chr_file r_file_perms;
+
 allow mediatranscoding gpu_device:dir search;
 
 # Allow mediatranscoding service to access media-related system properties