diff --git a/Userland/strace.cpp b/Userland/strace.cpp
index 3e7f809787..e915e7d3f2 100644
--- a/Userland/strace.cpp
+++ b/Userland/strace.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2020, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2021, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ static void handle_sigint(int)
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+    if (pledge("stdio proc exec ptrace sigaction", nullptr) < 0) {
+        perror("pledge");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     Vector<const char*> child_argv;
 
     const char* output_filename = nullptr;