diff --git a/refpolicy/policy/support/misc_macros.spt b/refpolicy/policy/support/misc_macros.spt
index 37f25d93..148e5459 100644
--- a/refpolicy/policy/support/misc_macros.spt
+++ b/refpolicy/policy/support/misc_macros.spt
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ define(`shiftn',`ifelse($1,0,`shift($*)',`shiftn(decr($1),shift(shift($*)))')')
 # Optionally put the sensitivity for the file
 #
 define(`context_template',`ifdef(`enable_mls',`$1:$2',`$1')') dnl
+
+define(`can_exec',`allow $1 $2:file { getattr read execute execute_no_trans };')