diff --git a/apparmor.d/groups/pacman/pacman b/apparmor.d/groups/pacman/pacman
index 0eeac71f2..db5d0cdce 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/groups/pacman/pacman
+++ b/apparmor.d/groups/pacman/pacman
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ profile pacman @{exec_path} {
   /mnt r,
 
   # Read packages files
+  @{user_pkg_dirs}/**/ r,
   @{user_pkg_dirs}/**.pkg.tar.zst{,.sig} r,
 
   owner /var/lib/pacman/{,**} rwl,