diff --git a/assets/builtin-policy.csv b/assets/builtin-policy.csv
index 088f5fbd08..adc8be17cf 100644
--- a/assets/builtin-policy.csv
+++ b/assets/builtin-policy.csv
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # p, <role/user/group>, <resource>, <action>, <object>, <allow/deny>
 
 p, role:readonly, applications, get, */*, allow
+p, role:readonly, applicationsets, get, */*, allow
 p, role:readonly, certificates, get, *, allow
 p, role:readonly, clusters, get, *, allow
 p, role:readonly, repositories, get, *, allow