diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2622dfd5306ac8c8c698fb42075a50ee21c073bb..97752f4e54a6dccaa12f4921f1d807de39cc104b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1418,6 +1418,16 @@ elif test "with_secdriver_apparmor" != "no" ; then
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_SECDRIVER_APPARMOR], [test "$with_secdriver_apparmor" != "no"])
 
+if test "$with_apparmor" != "no"; then
+AC_ARG_WITH([apparmor-profiles],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-apparmor-profiles],
+    [install apparmor profiles @<:@default=no@:>@])],
+  [with_apparmor_profiles=yes],
+  [with_apparmor_profiles=no])
+else
+  with_apparmor_profiles="no"
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_APPARMOR_PROFILES], [test "$with_apparmor_profiles" != "no"])
 
 dnl DTrace static probes
 AC_ARG_WITH([dtrace],
@@ -2607,7 +2617,7 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([Security Drivers])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([ SELinux: $with_secdriver_selinux ($SELINUX_MOUNT)])
-AC_MSG_NOTICE([AppArmor: $with_secdriver_apparmor])
+AC_MSG_NOTICE([AppArmor: $with_secdriver_apparmor (install profiles: $with_apparmor_profiles)])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([Driver Loadable Modules])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
diff --git a/examples/apparmor/Makefile.am b/examples/apparmor/Makefile.am
index 79cf5c92ab17bac4711157176381a5225b7d55a8..6e6944044800eef755c7670db6188c67a5dcc2a3 100644
--- a/examples/apparmor/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/apparmor/Makefile.am
@@ -19,3 +19,21 @@ EXTRA_DIST=				\
 	libvirt-qemu			\
 	usr.lib.libvirt.virt-aa-helper	\
 	usr.sbin.libvirtd
+
+if WITH_APPARMOR_PROFILES
+apparmordir = $(sysconfdir)/apparmor.d/
+apparmor_DATA = \
+	usr.lib.libvirt.virt-aa-helper \
+	usr.sbin.libvirtd \
+	$(NULL)
+
+abstractionsdir = $(apparmordir)/abstractions
+abstractions_DATA = \
+	libvirt-qemu \
+	$(NULL)
+
+templatesdir = $(apparmordir)/libvirtd
+templates_DATA = \
+	TEMPLATE \
+	$(NULL)
+endif WITH_APPARMOR_PROFILES