diff --git a/profiles/seccomp/default.json b/profiles/seccomp/default.json
index edf8ee2d02..2fde28db49 100644
--- a/profiles/seccomp/default.json
+++ b/profiles/seccomp/default.json
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@
 				"openat",
 				"openat2",
 				"pause",
+				"pidfd_open",
+				"pidfd_send_signal",
 				"pipe",
 				"pipe2",
 				"poll",
diff --git a/profiles/seccomp/default_linux.go b/profiles/seccomp/default_linux.go
index 18b5cb02bb..f4a06f5b51 100644
--- a/profiles/seccomp/default_linux.go
+++ b/profiles/seccomp/default_linux.go
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ func DefaultProfile() *Seccomp {
 				"openat",
 				"openat2",
 				"pause",
+				"pidfd_open",
+				"pidfd_send_signal",
 				"pipe",
 				"pipe2",
 				"poll",