diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c
index f934601..f4c28ee 100644
--- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
+++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 	SMK_ONLYCAP	= 9,	/* the only "capable" label */
 	SMK_LOGGING	= 10,	/* logging */
 	SMK_LOAD_SELF	= 11,	/* task specific rules */
+	SMK_ACCESSES	= 12,	/* access policy */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -176,6 +177,81 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * smk_parse_rule - parse subject, object and access type
+ * @data: string to be parsed whose size is SMK_LOADLEN
+ * @rule: parsed entities are stored in here
+ */
+static int smk_parse_rule(const char *data, struct smack_rule *rule)
+{
+	rule->smk_subject = smk_import(data, 0);
+	if (rule->smk_subject == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	rule->smk_object = smk_import(data + SMK_LABELLEN, 0);
+	if (rule->smk_object == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	rule->smk_access = 0;
+
+	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN]) {
+	case '-':
+		break;
+	case 'r':
+	case 'R':
+		rule->smk_access |= MAY_READ;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN + 1]) {
+	case '-':
+		break;
+	case 'w':
+	case 'W':
+		rule->smk_access |= MAY_WRITE;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN + 2]) {
+	case '-':
+		break;
+	case 'x':
+	case 'X':
+		rule->smk_access |= MAY_EXEC;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN + 3]) {
+	case '-':
+		break;
+	case 'a':
+	case 'A':
+		rule->smk_access |= MAY_APPEND;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN + 4]) {
+	case '-':
+		break;
+	case 't':
+	case 'T':
+		rule->smk_access |= MAY_TRANSMUTE;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * smk_write_load_list - write() for any /smack/load
  * @file: file pointer, not actually used
  * @buf: where to get the data from
@@ -234,71 +310,9 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	rule->smk_subject = smk_import(data, 0);
-	if (rule->smk_subject == NULL)
+	if (smk_parse_rule(data, rule))
 		goto out_free_rule;
 
-	rule->smk_object = smk_import(data + SMK_LABELLEN, 0);
-	if (rule->smk_object == NULL)
-		goto out_free_rule;
-
-	rule->smk_access = 0;
-
-	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN]) {
-	case '-':
-		break;
-	case 'r':
-	case 'R':
-		rule->smk_access |= MAY_READ;
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto out_free_rule;
-	}
-
-	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN + 1]) {
-	case '-':
-		break;
-	case 'w':
-	case 'W':
-		rule->smk_access |= MAY_WRITE;
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto out_free_rule;
-	}
-
-	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN + 2]) {
-	case '-':
-		break;
-	case 'x':
-	case 'X':
-		rule->smk_access |= MAY_EXEC;
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto out_free_rule;
-	}
-
-	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN + 3]) {
-	case '-':
-		break;
-	case 'a':
-	case 'A':
-		rule->smk_access |= MAY_APPEND;
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto out_free_rule;
-	}
-
-	switch (data[SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN + 4]) {
-	case '-':
-		break;
-	case 't':
-	case 'T':
-		rule->smk_access |= MAY_TRANSMUTE;
-		break;
-	default:
-		goto out_free_rule;
-	}
-
 	rc = count;
 	/*
 	 * smk_set_access returns true if there was already a rule
@@ -1425,6 +1439,44 @@
 	.write		= smk_write_load_self,
 	.release        = seq_release,
 };
+
+/**
+ * smk_write_access - handle access check transaction
+ * @file: file pointer
+ * @buf: data from user space
+ * @count: bytes sent
+ * @ppos: where to start - must be 0
+ */
+static ssize_t smk_write_access(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct smack_rule rule;
+	char *data;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	data = simple_transaction_get(file, buf, count);
+	if (IS_ERR(data))
+		return PTR_ERR(data);
+
+	if (count < SMK_LOADLEN || smk_parse_rule(data, &rule))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	data[0] = smk_access(rule.smk_subject, rule.smk_object,
+			     rule.smk_access, NULL) == 0;
+
+	simple_transaction_set(file, 1);
+	return SMK_LOADLEN;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations smk_access_ops = {
+	.write		= smk_write_access,
+	.read		= simple_transaction_read,
+	.release	= simple_transaction_release,
+	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+};
+
 /**
  * smk_fill_super - fill the /smackfs superblock
  * @sb: the empty superblock
@@ -1459,6 +1511,8 @@
 			"logging", &smk_logging_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
 		[SMK_LOAD_SELF] = {
 			"load-self", &smk_load_self_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
+		[SMK_ACCESSES] = {
+			"access", &smk_access_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
 		/* last one */
 			{""}
 	};