diff --git a/apparmor.d/groups/utils/locale-gen b/apparmor.d/groups/utils/locale-gen
index 3620018a7..5366f1403 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/groups/utils/locale-gen
+++ b/apparmor.d/groups/utils/locale-gen
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ profile locale-gen @{exec_path} {
   @{exec_path} mr,
 
   @{sh_path}        rix,
+  @{bin}/{e,}grep   rix,
   @{bin}/cat        rix,
   @{bin}/gzip       rix,
   @{bin}/localedef  rix,