diff --git a/distro-configs/CPMacOS-LOKit.conf b/distro-configs/CPMacOS-LOKit.conf
index c380a9dd899d..f870a48b1e7e 100644
--- a/distro-configs/CPMacOS-LOKit.conf
+++ b/distro-configs/CPMacOS-LOKit.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 INCLUDE:CPLinux-LOKit
 
+# LOKit needs to be able to run in the sandbox
+--enable-macosx-sandbox
+
 # disable Linux stuff that we don't need
 --disable-epm
 --disable-python