diff --git a/private/domain.te b/private/domain.te
index b91d36d..ad8becc 100644
--- a/private/domain.te
+++ b/private/domain.te
@@ -112,6 +112,26 @@
 # Allow all processes to check for the existence of the boringssl_self_test_marker files.
 allow domain boringssl_self_test_marker:dir search;
 
+# No domains other than a select few can access the misc_block_device. This
+# block device is reserved for OTA use.
+# Do not assert this rule on userdebug/eng builds, due to some devices using
+# this partition for testing purposes.
+neverallow {
+  domain
+  userdebug_or_eng(`-domain') # exclude debuggable builds
+  -fastbootd
+  -hal_bootctl_server
+  -init
+  -uncrypt
+  -update_engine
+  -vendor_init
+  -vendor_misc_writer
+  -vold
+  -recovery
+  -ueventd
+  -mtectrl
+} misc_block_device:blk_file { append link relabelfrom rename write open read ioctl lock };
+
 # Limit ability to ptrace or read sensitive /proc/pid files of processes
 # with other UIDs to these allowlisted domains.
 neverallow {
diff --git a/private/file_contexts b/private/file_contexts
index 351cd7c..6730c25 100644
--- a/private/file_contexts
+++ b/private/file_contexts
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@
 /system/bin/lpdumpd        u:object_r:lpdumpd_exec:s0
 /system/bin/rss_hwm_reset	u:object_r:rss_hwm_reset_exec:s0
 /system/bin/perfetto        u:object_r:perfetto_exec:s0
+/system/bin/mtectrl         u:object_r:mtectrl_exec:s0
 /system/bin/traced        u:object_r:traced_exec:s0
 /system/bin/traced_perf        u:object_r:traced_perf_exec:s0
 /system/bin/traced_probes        u:object_r:traced_probes_exec:s0
diff --git a/private/mtectrl.te b/private/mtectrl.te
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..436dcae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/mtectrl.te
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# mtectrl is a tool to request MTE (Memory Tagging Extensions) from the bootloader.
+type mtectrl, domain, coredomain;
+type mtectrl_exec, system_file_type, exec_type, file_type;
+
+init_daemon_domain(mtectrl)
+
+# mtectrl communicates the request to the bootloader via the misc partition.
+allow mtectrl misc_block_device:blk_file w_file_perms;
+allow mtectrl block_device:dir r_dir_perms;
+read_fstab(mtectrl)
diff --git a/public/domain.te b/public/domain.te
index 799a2f1..9d0c46d 100644
--- a/public/domain.te
+++ b/public/domain.te
@@ -610,25 +610,6 @@
   -update_engine
 } system_block_device:blk_file { write append };
 
-# No domains other than a select few can access the misc_block_device. This
-# block device is reserved for OTA use.
-# Do not assert this rule on userdebug/eng builds, due to some devices using
-# this partition for testing purposes.
-neverallow {
-  domain
-  userdebug_or_eng(`-domain') # exclude debuggable builds
-  -fastbootd
-  -hal_bootctl_server
-  -init
-  -uncrypt
-  -update_engine
-  -vendor_init
-  -vendor_misc_writer
-  -vold
-  -recovery
-  -ueventd
-} misc_block_device:blk_file { append link relabelfrom rename write open read ioctl lock };
-
 # Only (hw|vnd|)servicemanager should be able to register with binder as the context manager
 neverallow { domain -servicemanager -hwservicemanager -vndservicemanager } *:binder set_context_mgr;
 # The service managers are only allowed to access their own device node