diff --git a/package/apparmor/Config.in b/package/apparmor/Config.in
index d02838f800..3cb5349cac 100644
--- a/package/apparmor/Config.in
+++ b/package/apparmor/Config.in
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_APPARMOR_UTILS_EXTRA
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_APPARMOR_UTILS
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_APPARMOR_PROFILES
+	bool "profiles"
+	help
+	  Installs server-class profiles for a wide range of
+	  usual programs and daemons.
+
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_APPARMOR
 
 comment "apparmor needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.16, threads, C++"
diff --git a/package/apparmor/apparmor.mk b/package/apparmor/apparmor.mk
index ab0b7778d6..b1a47c080c 100644
--- a/package/apparmor/apparmor.mk
+++ b/package/apparmor/apparmor.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ endif # BR2_PACKAGE_APPARMOR_UTILS_EXTRA
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_APPARMOR_UTILS
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_APPARMOR_PROFILES),y)
+APPARMOR_TOOLS += profiles
+endif
+
 define APPARMOR_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(foreach tool,$(APPARMOR_TOOLS),\
 		$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \