Landscape client package-reporter crashes if permission denied

Landscape package-reporter fails with the following error:
2017-09-25 19:16:23,520 WARNING [MainThread] Package reporter output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/landscape-package-reporter", line 10, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/landscape/package/reporter.py", line 726, in main
    return run_task_handler(PackageReporter, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/landscape/package/taskhandler.py", line 287, in run_task_handler
    from landscape.package.facade import AptFacade
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/landscape/package/facade.py", line 17, in <module>
    import apt
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 34, in <module>
    apt_pkg.init_config()
SystemError: E:Opening configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/test - ifstream::ifstream (13: Permission denied)

Reproducible by:
1) Have Landscape server
2) Install landscape-client (used 16.03-0ubuntu2.16.04.1) and configure/register.
3) sudo touch /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/test
4) sudo chmod a-rwx /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/test
5) Package reporter now crashes with the above error.