diff --git a/policy/modules/services/memcached.if b/policy/modules/services/memcached.if
index c28a876..ee60e59 100644
--- a/policy/modules/services/memcached.if
+++ b/policy/modules/services/memcached.if
@@ -70,5 +70,6 @@ interface(`memcached_admin',`
 	role_transition $2 memcached_initrc_exec_t system_r;
 	allow $2 system_r;
 
+	files_search_pids($1)
 	admin_pattern($1, memcached_var_run_t)
 ')