diff --git a/build-aux/flatpak/org.gnome.Sysprof2.json b/build-aux/flatpak/org.gnome.Sysprof2.json
index 473aff74..022542a4 100644
--- a/build-aux/flatpak/org.gnome.Sysprof2.json
+++ b/build-aux/flatpak/org.gnome.Sysprof2.json
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
         "--talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*",
         "--system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1",
         "--system-talk-name=org.gnome.Sysprof2",
+        "--filesystem=home",
+        "--filesystem=host",
         "--filesystem=xdg-run/dconf",
         "--filesystem=~/.config/dconf:ro",
         "--talk-name=ca.desrt.dconf",
diff --git a/lib/symbols/sp-symbol-dirs.c b/lib/symbols/sp-symbol-dirs.c
index 455fee87..ccc0d50d 100644
--- a/lib/symbols/sp-symbol-dirs.c
+++ b/lib/symbols/sp-symbol-dirs.c
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ sp_get_symbol_dirs_locked (void)
     {
       sp_symbol_dirs = g_ptr_array_new ();
       g_ptr_array_add (sp_symbol_dirs, g_strdup ("/usr/lib/debug"));
+
+      /* Add path to host system if we have it */
+      if (g_file_test ("/.flatpak-info", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
+        {
+          static gchar *tries[] = {
+            "/var/run/host/usr/lib/debug",
+          };
+
+          for (guint i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (tries); i++)
+            {
+              if (g_file_test (tries[i], G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
+                g_ptr_array_add (sp_symbol_dirs, g_strdup (tries[i]));
+            }
+        }
     }
 
   return sp_symbol_dirs;