diff --git a/apparmor.d/groups/lxqt/lxqt-runner b/apparmor.d/groups/lxqt/lxqt-runner
index 4dea8c794..0aed899bb 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/groups/lxqt/lxqt-runner
+++ b/apparmor.d/groups/lxqt/lxqt-runner
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ profile lxqt-runner @{exec_path} flags=(complain) {
 
   /etc/xdg/menus/lxqt-applications.menu 	r,
 
+  owner @{user_config_dirs}/lxqt/lxqt-runner.conf.lock rwk,
+  owner @{user_config_dirs}/lxqt/#@{int}	rw,
+  owner @{user_config_dirs}/lxqt/lxqt-runner.conf.@{rand6} rwkl  -> @{user_config_dirs}/lxqt/#@{int},
+
   # only needed if tor is installed on /opt
    owner /opt/*/**/*.png  r,