diff --git a/apparmor.d/groups/gnome/gnome-shell b/apparmor.d/groups/gnome/gnome-shell
index 0e68c90a9..da84d0025 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/groups/gnome/gnome-shell
+++ b/apparmor.d/groups/gnome/gnome-shell
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ profile gnome-shell @{exec_path} flags=(attach_disconnected,mediate_deleted) {
   owner @{gdm_share_dirs}/icc/ rw,
   owner @{gdm_share_dirs}/icc/edid-@{hex32}.icc rw,
   owner @{gdm_share_dirs}/icc/.goutputstream-@{rand6} rw,
+  
+  # GDM shader cache
+  owner /var/lib/gdm/.cache/mesa_shader_cache_db/marker rw,
+  owner /var/lib/gdm/.cache/mesa_shader_cache_db/index rw,
+  owner /var/lib/gdm/.cache/mesa_shader_cache_db/*/mesa_cache.idx rwk,
+  owner /var/lib/gdm/.cache/mesa_shader_cache_db/*/mesa_cache.db rwk,
 
   owner @{HOME}/.face r,
   owner @{HOME}/.mozilla/firefox/firefox-mpris/{,*} r,