diff --git a/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions.java b/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions.java
index 50980bc230f55..5b3265c5496ba 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 class LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions {
     static void runtimeLoad() {
         try {
-            Runtime.getRuntime().load("libSomeLibFile.so");
+            Runtime.getRuntime().load(FileCheckActions.readDir().resolve("libSomeLibFile.so").toString());
         } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError ignored) {
             // The library does not exist, so we expect to fail loading it
         }
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static void runtimeLoad() {
 
     static void systemLoad() {
         try {
-            System.load("libSomeLibFile.so");
+            System.load(FileCheckActions.readDir().resolve("libSomeLibFile.so").toString());
         } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError ignored) {
             // The library does not exist, so we expect to fail loading it
         }
diff --git a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
index 3c332294a4a19..bcb4eadbd1faa 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ public void checkSelectorProviderInheritedChannel(Class<?> callerClass, Selector
 
     @Override
     public void check$java_lang_Runtime$load(Class<?> callerClass, Runtime that, String filename) {
-        // TODO: check filesystem entitlement READ
+        policyManager.checkFileRead(callerClass, Path.of(filename));
         policyManager.checkLoadingNativeLibraries(callerClass);
     }
 
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ public void checkSelectorProviderInheritedChannel(Class<?> callerClass, Selector
 
     @Override
     public void check$java_lang_System$$load(Class<?> callerClass, String filename) {
-        // TODO: check filesystem entitlement READ
+        policyManager.checkFileRead(callerClass, Path.of(filename));
         policyManager.checkLoadingNativeLibraries(callerClass);
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/entitlement/src/main19/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/Java19ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java b/libs/entitlement/src/main19/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/Java19ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
index e5619046f2b73..307ceb213bbe4 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/src/main19/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/Java19ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/src/main19/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/Java19ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public Java19ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker(PolicyManager policyManager) {
 
     @Override
     public void check$java_lang_foreign_SymbolLookup$$libraryLookup(Class<?> callerClass, Path path, MemorySession session) {
-        // TODO: check filesystem entitlement READ
+        policyManager.checkFileRead(callerClass, path);
         policyManager.checkLoadingNativeLibraries(callerClass);
     }
 }