We analyze the lepton flavor violating decays $$\tau \rightarrow Pl$$
τ
→
P
l
($$P=\pi ,\eta ,\eta ';\;l=e,\mu $$
P
=
π
,
η
,
η
′
;
l
=
e
,
μ
) in the scenario of the minimal R-symmetric supersymmetric standard model. The prediction on the branching ratios BR$$(\tau \rightarrow P e)$$
(
τ
→
P
e
)
and BR$$(\tau \rightarrow P \mu )$$
(
τ
→
P
μ
)
is affected by the mass insertion parameters $$\delta ^{13}$$
δ
13
and $$\delta ^{23}$$
δ
23
, respectively. These parameters are constrained by the experimental bounds on the branching ratios BR($$\tau \rightarrow e (\mu ) \gamma $$
τ
→
e
(
μ
)
γ
) and BR($$\tau \rightarrow 3e(\mu )$$
τ
→
3
e
(
μ
)
). The result shows Z penguin dominates the prediction on BR($$\tau \rightarrow Pl$$
τ
→
P
l
) in a large region of the parameter space. The branching ratios for BR($$\tau \rightarrow Pl$$
τ
→
P
l
) are predicted to be, at least, five orders of magnitude smaller than present experimental bounds and three orders of magnitude smaller than future experimental sensitivities.