diff --git a/private/network_stack.te b/private/network_stack.te
index b105938..449e987 100644
--- a/private/network_stack.te
+++ b/private/network_stack.te
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 allow network_stack { fs_bpf fs_bpf_tethering }:file { read write };
 allow network_stack bpfloader:bpf { map_read map_write prog_run };
 
+# Use XFRM (IPsec) netlink sockets
+allow network_stack self:netlink_xfrm_socket { create_socket_perms_no_ioctl nlmsg_write nlmsg_read };
+
 # Only the bpfloader and the network_stack should ever touch 'fs_bpf_tethering' programs/maps.
 # Unfortunately init/vendor_init have all sorts of extra privs
 neverallow { domain -bpfloader -init -network_stack -vendor_init } fs_bpf_tethering:dir ~getattr;