diff --git a/apparmor.d/abstractions/common/apt b/apparmor.d/abstractions/common/apt
index 5dd8b26bc..a267fd909 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/abstractions/common/apt
+++ b/apparmor.d/abstractions/common/apt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
   /usr/share/dpkg/cputable r,
   /usr/share/dpkg/tupletable r,
+  /usr/share/dpkg/varianttable r,
 
   /etc/apt/apt.conf r,
   /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{,*} r,