diff --git a/apparmor.d/groups/freedesktop/pacat b/apparmor.d/groups/freedesktop/pacat
index e0b0bfa13..41e3c257a 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/groups/freedesktop/pacat
+++ b/apparmor.d/groups/freedesktop/pacat
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ profile pacat @{exec_path} {
 
   /etc/machine-id r,
 
+  @{user_music_dirs}/{,**} rw,
+
   include if exists <local/pacat>
 }