diff --git a/apparmor.d/profiles-m-r/mandb b/apparmor.d/profiles-m-r/mandb
index cd825471d..551a6fec0 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/profiles-m-r/mandb
+++ b/apparmor.d/profiles-m-r/mandb
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ profile mandb @{exec_path} {
 
   @{exec_path} mr,
 
+  @{bin}/bzip2 rix,
+
   /etc/man_db.conf r,
   /etc/manpath.config r,