diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml
index 4e3ad35c72..5334a3ffe3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <paths>
     <external-path path="Android/data/com.amaze.filemanager/" name="package_root" />
-    <external-path path="." name="storage_root" />
+    <!--
+    root-path is suggested in https://stackoverflow.com/q/42516126
+    as a workaround to access files only accessible via root
+    -->
+    <root-path path="." name="storage_root" />
 </paths>
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