diff --git a/etc/profile-a-l/gnome-logs.profile b/etc/profile-a-l/gnome-logs.profile
index 61f4f41071b..fa2633d7acc 100644
--- a/etc/profile-a-l/gnome-logs.profile
+++ b/etc/profile-a-l/gnome-logs.profile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ disable-mnt
 private-bin gnome-logs
 private-cache
 private-dev
-private-etc
+private-etc machine-id
 private-lib gdk-pixbuf-2.*,gio,gvfs/libgvfscommon.so,libgconf-2.so.*,librsvg-2.so.*
 private-tmp
 writable-var-log