--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/actions/create_interactive.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/actions/create_interactive.py
@@ -47,16 +47,18 @@ SCOPE_WHITELIST = [
     # this is not actually secret, and just about everything needs it
     re.compile(r'^secrets:get:project/taskcluster/gecko/hgfingerprint$'),
     # public downloads are OK
     re.compile(r'^docker-worker:relengapi-proxy:tooltool.download.public$'),
     # level-appropriate secrets are generally necessary to run a task; these
     # also are "not that secret" - most of them are built into the resulting
     # binary and could be extracted by someone with `strings`.
     re.compile(r'^secrets:get:project/releng/gecko/build/level-[0-9]/\*'),
+    # ptracing is generally useful for interactive tasks, too!
+    re.compile(r'^docker-worker:feature:allowPtrace$'),
 ]
 
 
 def context(params):
     # available for any docker-worker tasks at levels 1, 2; and for
     # test tasks on level 3 (level-3 builders are firewalled off)
     if int(params['level']) < 3:
         return [{'worker-implementation': 'docker-worker'}]