diff --git a/Userland/dmesg.cpp b/Userland/dmesg.cpp
index 34218c3ac7..4e7492bd5e 100644
--- a/Userland/dmesg.cpp
+++ b/Userland/dmesg.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+    if (pledge("stdio rpath", nullptr) < 0) {
+        perror("pledge");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (unveil("/proc/dmesg", "r") < 0) {
+        perror("unveil");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    unveil(nullptr, nullptr);
+
     (void)argc;
     (void)argv;
     auto f = CFile::construct("/proc/dmesg");