diff --git a/profiles/usr.bin.pidgin b/profiles/usr.bin.pidgin
index adffef8e4d2129439f0fe57813c61da5917cfbc5..a7dde1e215934be5a8528fcfda870e90819dfd65 100644
--- a/profiles/usr.bin.pidgin
+++ b/profiles/usr.bin.pidgin
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
   /usr/bin/pidgin r,
   /usr/bin/xdg-open rmix,
 
+  /etc/purple/prefs.xml r,
+
   /usr/share/gnome/applications/ r,
   /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled r,