diff --git a/mozilla/java/plugins/classes/org/mozilla/pluglet/PlugletLoader.java b/mozilla/java/plugins/classes/org/mozilla/pluglet/PlugletLoader.java
index 3469606bc3c..6b40129fa1e 100644
--- a/mozilla/java/plugins/classes/org/mozilla/pluglet/PlugletLoader.java
+++ b/mozilla/java/plugins/classes/org/mozilla/pluglet/PlugletLoader.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import org.mozilla.pluglet.mozilla.*;
+import java.security.*;
 
 public class PlugletLoader {
     //  path to jar file. Name of main class sould to be in MANIFEST.
@@ -40,6 +41,17 @@ public class PlugletLoader {
 		//nb
 		return null;
 	    }
+	    if (policy == null) {
+		policy = new PlugletPolicy(Policy.getPolicy());
+	    }
+	    if (policy != Policy.getPolicy()) {
+		Policy.setPolicy(policy);
+	    }
+	    CodeSource codesource = new CodeSource(url,null);
+	    Permission perm = new AllPermission();
+	    PermissionCollection collection = perm.newPermissionCollection();
+	    collection.add(perm);
+	    policy.grantPermission(codesource,collection);
 	    Object pluglet = loader.loadClass(plugletClassName).newInstance();
 	    if (pluglet instanceof Pluglet) {
 		return (Pluglet) pluglet;
@@ -69,6 +81,7 @@ public class PlugletLoader {
 	    return null;
 	}
     }
+    private static PlugletPolicy policy = null;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/mozilla/java/plugins/classes/org/mozilla/pluglet/PlugletPolicy.java b/mozilla/java/plugins/classes/org/mozilla/pluglet/PlugletPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15d7779e803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mozilla/java/plugins/classes/org/mozilla/pluglet/PlugletPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
+ * Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ * compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+ * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+ * the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Sun Microsystems,
+ * Inc. Portions created by Sun are Copyright (C) 1999 Sun Microsystems,
+ * Inc. All Rights Reserved. 
+ */
+package org.mozilla.pluglet;
+
+import java.security.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+class PlugletPolicy extends Policy {
+    PlugletPolicy(Policy peer) {
+        this.peer = peer;
+        permissions = null;
+    }
+    void grantPermission(CodeSource codesource, PermissionCollection per) {
+        if (permissions == null) {
+            permissions = new Vector(10);
+        }
+        Object pair[] = new Object[2];
+        pair[0] = codesource; pair[1] = per;
+        permissions.add(pair);
+    }
+    public PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource codesource) {
+        PermissionCollection collection = peer.getPermissions(codesource);
+        if (collection == null) {
+            collection = new Permissions();
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < permissions.size();i++) {
+            Object[] pair = (Object[])permissions.elementAt(i);
+            CodeSource code = (CodeSource) pair[0];
+            if (code.implies(codesource)) {
+                for (Enumeration e = ((PermissionCollection)pair[1]).elements(); e.hasMoreElements() ;) {
+                    collection.add((Permission)e.nextElement());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return collection;
+    }
+    public void  refresh() {
+        peer.refresh();
+    }
+    private Policy peer;
+    private Vector permissions;
+}
+