diff --git a/profiles/seccomp/default.json b/profiles/seccomp/default.json
index 4213799ddb..786e5658ff 100644
--- a/profiles/seccomp/default.json
+++ b/profiles/seccomp/default.json
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"names": [
+				"process_vm_readv",
+				"process_vm_writev",
 				"ptrace"
 			],
 			"action": "SCMP_ACT_ALLOW",
diff --git a/profiles/seccomp/default_linux.go b/profiles/seccomp/default_linux.go
index 879eb88c64..32778e5116 100644
--- a/profiles/seccomp/default_linux.go
+++ b/profiles/seccomp/default_linux.go
@@ -390,7 +390,11 @@ func DefaultProfile() *Seccomp {
 			Args:   []*specs.LinuxSeccompArg{},
 		},
 		{
-			Names:  []string{"ptrace"},
+			Names: []string{
+				"process_vm_readv",
+				"process_vm_writev",
+				"ptrace",
+			},
 			Action: specs.ActAllow,
 			Includes: Filter{
 				MinKernel: &KernelVersion{4, 8},