diff --git a/private/priv_app.te b/private/priv_app.te
index 6a60cd1..dde8f09 100644
--- a/private/priv_app.te
+++ b/private/priv_app.te
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@
 # Allow traceur to pass file descriptors through a content provider to betterbug
 allow priv_app trace_data_file:file { getattr read };
 
+# Allow the bug reporting frontend to read the presence and timestamp of the
+# trace attached to the bugreport (but not its contents, which will go in the
+# usual bugreport .zip file). This is used by the bug reporting UI to tell if
+# the bugreport will contain a system trace or not while the bugreport is still
+# in progress.
+allow priv_app perfetto_traces_bugreport_data_file:dir r_dir_perms;
+allow priv_app perfetto_traces_bugreport_data_file:file { getattr };
+
 # Allow verifier to access staged apks.
 allow priv_app { apk_tmp_file apk_private_tmp_file }:dir r_dir_perms;
 allow priv_app { apk_tmp_file apk_private_tmp_file }:file r_file_perms;