diff --git a/daemon/exec_linux.go b/daemon/exec_linux.go
index 5aeedc3470..bb11c11e44 100644
--- a/daemon/exec_linux.go
+++ b/daemon/exec_linux.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/caps"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/exec"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/libcontainerd"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/apparmor"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 )
 
@@ -23,5 +24,27 @@ func execSetPlatformOpt(c *container.Container, ec *exec.Config, p *libcontainer
 	if ec.Privileged {
 		p.Capabilities = caps.GetAllCapabilities()
 	}
+	if apparmor.IsEnabled() {
+		var appArmorProfile string
+		if c.AppArmorProfile != "" {
+			appArmorProfile = c.AppArmorProfile
+		} else if c.HostConfig.Privileged {
+			appArmorProfile = "unconfined"
+		} else {
+			appArmorProfile = "docker-default"
+		}
+
+		if appArmorProfile == "docker-default" {
+			// Unattended upgrades and other fun services can unload AppArmor
+			// profiles inadvertently. Since we cannot store our profile in
+			// /etc/apparmor.d, nor can we practically add other ways of
+			// telling the system to keep our profile loaded, in order to make
+			// sure that we keep the default profile enabled we dynamically
+			// reload it if necessary.
+			if err := ensureDefaultAppArmorProfile(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }