diff --git a/refpolicy/policy/modules/kernel/kernel.te b/refpolicy/policy/modules/kernel/kernel.te
index 9ad2232..201cdc0 100644
--- a/refpolicy/policy/modules/kernel/kernel.te
+++ b/refpolicy/policy/modules/kernel/kernel.te
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # kernel_t is the domain of kernel threads.
 # It is also the target type when checking permissions in the system class.
 # 
-type kernel_t;
+type kernel_t, can_load_kernmodule;
 role system_r types kernel_t;
 
 domain_make_base_domain(kernel_t)