diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-bao-bootstrap-policy.hcl b/nix/host-modules/swarm-bao-bootstrap-policy.hcl
index 6c40ea7c..21674749 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-bao-bootstrap-policy.hcl
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-bao-bootstrap-policy.hcl
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # Each stanza was derived with `bao <cmd> -output-policy`, which prints what a
 # command requires without sending it. ../module-eval/bao-grants.nix reads
 # this file and fails when a unit that uses the token calls a path it does not
-# grant. The pki paths assume the default `servicesPkiMountPath` (`pki`) and
-# `servicesPkiRoleName` (`swarm-services`).
+# grant. The pki paths assume the default `servicesPkiMountPath` (`pki`),
+# `servicesPkiRoleName` (`swarm-services`) and `natsPkiRoleName` (`swarm-nats`).
 
 # swarm-bao-controller-policy: the controller's own policy and role.
 path "sys/policies/acl/swarm-controller" {
@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@ path "auth/cert/certs/swarm-otel-oidc" {
   capabilities = ["create", "update"]
 }
 
+# swarm-bao-nats-tls-policy: the queue's own pki role, beside
+# `swarm-services` above, and its policy and login role.
+path "pki/roles/swarm-nats" {
+  capabilities = ["create", "update"]
+}
+
+path "sys/policies/acl/swarm-nats" {
+  capabilities = ["create", "update"]
+}
+
+path "auth/cert/certs/swarm-nats" {
+  capabilities = ["create", "update"]
+}
+
 # swarm-bao-matrix-token-policy and swarm-bao-queue-agent-policy write one
 # policy and role per hive, `<prefix>-<hive>`, so these two are globs. Each
 # stops at its own prefix.
diff --git a/nix/module-eval/bao-grants.nix b/nix/module-eval/bao-grants.nix
index 55c4381e..b014a23e 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/bao-grants.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/bao-grants.nix
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ let
     {
       # What makes the case above mean something: discovery by token path
       # reaches every unit that uses the token today, and each yields calls.
-      name = "the bootstrap-policy check sees all eight units that use the token, and parses calls from each";
+      name = "the bootstrap-policy check sees all nine units that use the token, and parses calls from each";
       ok =
         lib.all (n: bootstrapUnits ? ${n}) [
           "swarm-bao-controller-policy"
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ let
           "swarm-bao-grafana-oidc-policy"
           "swarm-bao-otel-oidc-policy"
           "swarm-bao-services-issuer-policy"
+          "swarm-bao-nats-tls-policy"
         ]
         && lib.all (u: baoCalls u.script != [ ]) (lib.attrValues bootstrapUnits);
     }