diff --git a/microdroid/system/private/shell.te b/microdroid/system/private/shell.te
index 5267348..0ea67a7 100644
--- a/microdroid/system/private/shell.te
+++ b/microdroid/system/private/shell.te
@@ -1,5 +1,76 @@
 typeattribute shell coredomain;
 
+# Root fs.
+allow shell rootfs:dir r_dir_perms;
+
+# Access /data/local/tmp.
+allow shell shell_data_file:dir create_dir_perms;
+allow shell shell_data_file:file create_file_perms;
+allow shell shell_data_file:file rx_file_perms;
+allow shell shell_data_file:lnk_file create_file_perms;
+
+allow shell devpts:chr_file rw_file_perms;
+allow shell tty_device:chr_file rw_file_perms;
+allow shell console_device:chr_file rw_file_perms;
+
+r_dir_file(shell, system_file)
+allow shell system_file:file x_file_perms;
+allow shell toolbox_exec:file rx_file_perms;
+allow shell shell_exec:file rx_file_perms;
+
+# allow shell to look through /proc/ for lsmod, ps, top, netstat, vmstat.
+r_dir_file(shell, proc_net_type)
+
+allow shell {
+  proc_asound
+  proc_filesystems
+  proc_interrupts
+  proc_loadavg # b/124024827
+  proc_meminfo
+  proc_modules
+  proc_pid_max
+  proc_slabinfo
+  proc_stat
+  proc_timer
+  proc_uptime
+  proc_version
+  proc_vmstat
+  proc_zoneinfo
+}:file r_file_perms;
+
+# allow listing network interfaces under /sys/class/net.
+allow shell sysfs_net:dir r_dir_perms;
+
+r_dir_file(shell, cgroup)
+allow shell cgroup_desc_file:file r_file_perms;
+allow shell cgroup_desc_api_file:file r_file_perms;
+r_dir_file(shell, cgroup_v2)
+allow shell domain:dir { search open read getattr };
+allow shell domain:{ file lnk_file } { open read getattr };
+
+# statvfs() of /proc and other labeled filesystems
+# (yaffs2, jffs2, ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs, btrfs, f2fs, squashfs, overlay)
+allow shell { proc labeledfs }:filesystem getattr;
+
+# stat() of /dev
+allow shell device:dir getattr;
+
+# allow shell to read /proc/pid/attr/current for ps -Z
+allow shell domain:process getattr;
+
+# Allow pulling the SELinux policy for CTS purposes
+allow shell selinuxfs:dir r_dir_perms;
+allow shell selinuxfs:file r_file_perms;
+
+# /dev/fd is a symlink
+allow shell proc:lnk_file getattr;
+
+# read selinux policy files
+allow shell file_contexts_file:file r_file_perms;
+allow shell property_contexts_file:file r_file_perms;
+allow shell service_contexts_file:file r_file_perms;
+allow shell sepolicy_file:file r_file_perms;
+
 # Perform SELinux access checks, needed for CTS
 selinux_check_access(shell)
 selinux_check_context(shell)