diff --git a/install_files/ansible-base/roles/build-securedrop-app-code-deb-pkg/files/usr.sbin.apache2 b/install_files/ansible-base/roles/build-securedrop-app-code-deb-pkg/files/usr.sbin.apache2
index 017d9eb77c8..964c870efcd 100644
--- a/install_files/ansible-base/roles/build-securedrop-app-code-deb-pkg/files/usr.sbin.apache2
+++ b/install_files/ansible-base/roles/build-securedrop-app-code-deb-pkg/files/usr.sbin.apache2
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
   /var/www/securedrop/journalist_app/account.pyc rw,
   /var/www/securedrop/journalist_app/admin.py r,
   /var/www/securedrop/journalist_app/admin.pyc rw,
+  /var/www/securedrop/journalist_app/api.py r,
+  /var/www/securedrop/journalist_app/api.pyc rw,
   /var/www/securedrop/journalist_app/col.py r,
   /var/www/securedrop/journalist_app/col.pyc rw,
   /var/www/securedrop/journalist_app/decorators.py r,