diff --git a/calibre_web/config.json b/calibre_web/config.json
index ed3fc7e66..b1725f6ac 100644
--- a/calibre_web/config.json
+++ b/calibre_web/config.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   "ports_description": {
     "8083/tcp": "calibre-web webui"
   },
-  "privileged": [],
+  "privileged": [ "SYS_ADMIN", "DAC_READ_SEARCH", "NET_ADMIN" ],
   "schema": {
     "OAUTHLIB_RELAX_TOKEN_SCOPE": "str?",
     "DOCKER_MODS": "str?",