diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/security/hr_holidays_security.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/security/hr_holidays_security.xml
index 1ab627ff22e..b930939d271 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/security/hr_holidays_security.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/security/hr_holidays_security.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <record id="property_rule_holidays_employee_write" model="ir.rule">
         <field name="name">Employee Holidays Create, Write, Unlink</field>
         <field name="model_id" ref="model_hr_holidays"/>
-        <field name="domain_force">[('employee_id.user_id','=',user.id), ('state', 'in', ['draft', 'confirm', 'cancel'])]</field>
+        <field name="domain_force">[('employee_id.user_id','=',user.id), ('state', 'in', ['draft', 'confirm', 'cancel', 'refuse'])]</field>
         <field name="perm_read" eval="False"/>
         <field name="groups" eval="[(4,ref('base.group_user'))]"/>
     </record>