diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
index 9b36f73fb..6ca429e5c 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ int Libc::Vfs_plugin::rename(char const *from_path, char const *to_path)
 void *Libc::Vfs_plugin::mmap(void *addr_in, ::size_t length, int prot, int flags,
                              Libc::File_descriptor *fd, ::off_t offset)
 {
-	if (prot != PROT_READ) {
+	if (prot != PROT_READ && !(prot == (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE) && flags == MAP_PRIVATE)) {
 		Genode::error("mmap for prot=", Genode::Hex(prot), " not supported");
 		errno = EACCES;
 		return (void *)-1;