diff --git a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
index 8cedf307ba..7f898680b7 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
+++ b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ DOCKER_ENGINE_LDFLAGS = \
 DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS = cgo exclude_graphdriver_zfs autogen
 DOCKER_ENGINE_BUILD_TARGETS = cmd/dockerd
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBAPPARMOR),y)
+DOCKER_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES += libapparmor
+DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += apparmor
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP),y)
 DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += seccomp
 DOCKER_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES += libseccomp