diff --git a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
index bd815dd5e..6be0ddbdb 100644
--- a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ pub fn vmm_thread_filter() -> Result<SeccompFilter, Error> {
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_arch_prctl),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_bind),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_brk),
+            allow_syscall(libc::SYS_clock_gettime),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_clone),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_close),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_connect),
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ pub fn vmm_thread_filter() -> Result<SeccompFilter, Error> {
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_futex),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_getpid),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_getrandom),
+            allow_syscall(libc::SYS_gettimeofday),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_getuid),
             allow_syscall_if(libc::SYS_ioctl, create_vmm_ioctl_seccomp_rule()?),
             allow_syscall(libc::SYS_listen),