diff --git a/contexts/plat_file_contexts_test b/contexts/plat_file_contexts_test
index 7a26ad8..2c9d73b 100644
--- a/contexts/plat_file_contexts_test
+++ b/contexts/plat_file_contexts_test
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@
 /system/etc/ld.config.                                            system_linker_config_file
 /system/etc/ld.config.test                                        system_linker_config_file
 /system/etc/passwd                                                system_passwd_file
+/system/etc/perfetto/persistent_cfg.pbtxt                         system_perfetto_config_file
 /system/etc/seccomp_policy                                        system_seccomp_policy_file
 /system/etc/seccomp_policy/crash_dump.x86.policy                  system_seccomp_policy_file
 /system/etc/security/cacerts                                      system_security_cacerts_file
diff --git a/private/file.te b/private/file.te
index c4341af..fed98f6 100644
--- a/private/file.te
+++ b/private/file.te
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 # /data/misc/perfetto-configs for perfetto configs
 type perfetto_configs_data_file, file_type, data_file_type, core_data_file_type;
 
+# /system/etc/perfetto for perfetto configs
+type system_perfetto_config_file, file_type, system_file_type;
+
 # /data/misc/uprobestats-configs for uprobestats configs
 type uprobestats_configs_data_file, file_type, data_file_type, core_data_file_type;
 
diff --git a/private/file_contexts b/private/file_contexts
index 350c79a..e22a470 100644
--- a/private/file_contexts
+++ b/private/file_contexts
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@
 /system/etc/group                       u:object_r:system_group_file:s0
 /system/etc/ld\.config.*                u:object_r:system_linker_config_file:s0
 /system/etc/passwd                      u:object_r:system_passwd_file:s0
+/system/etc/perfetto(/.*)?              u:object_r:system_perfetto_config_file:s0
 /system/etc/seccomp_policy(/.*)?        u:object_r:system_seccomp_policy_file:s0
 /system/etc/security/cacerts(/.*)?      u:object_r:system_security_cacerts_file:s0
 /system/etc/selinux/mapping/[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.compat)?\.cil       u:object_r:sepolicy_file:s0
diff --git a/private/perfetto.te b/private/perfetto.te
index d0088ef..616da39 100644
--- a/private/perfetto.te
+++ b/private/perfetto.te
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 allow perfetto perfetto_configs_data_file:dir r_dir_perms;
 allow perfetto perfetto_configs_data_file:file r_file_perms;
 
+# Allow perfetto to read the trace config from /system/etc/perfetto.
+allow perfetto system_perfetto_config_file:dir r_dir_perms;
+allow perfetto system_perfetto_config_file:file r_file_perms;
+
 # Allow perfetto to read the trace config from statsd, mm_events and shell
 # (both root and non-root) on stdin and also to write the resulting trace to
 # stdout.