diff --git a/Userland/utmpupdate.cpp b/Userland/utmpupdate.cpp
index ad02768834..3fa31c8dd0 100644
--- a/Userland/utmpupdate.cpp
+++ b/Userland/utmpupdate.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+    if (pledge("stdio wpath cpath", nullptr) < 0) {
+        perror("pledge");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (unveil("/var/run/utmp", "rwc") < 0) {
+        perror("unveil");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    unveil(nullptr, nullptr);
+
     pid_t pid = 0;
     bool flag_create = false;
     bool flag_delete = false;