diff --git a/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_linux.go b/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_linux.go
index 0d01f41e9978..479600408c4a 100644
--- a/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_linux.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package apparmor
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -104,6 +105,18 @@ func InstallDefault(name string) error {
 	return cmd.Wait()
 }
 
+// DefaultContent returns the default profile content as byte slice. The
+// profile is named as the provided `name`. The function errors if the profile
+// generation fails.
+func DefaultContent(name string) ([]byte, error) {
+	p := profileData{Name: name}
+	var bytes bytes.Buffer
+	if err := p.generateDefault(&bytes); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return bytes.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
 // IsLoaded checks if a profile with the given name has been loaded into the
 // kernel.
 func IsLoaded(name string) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_linux_test.go b/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_linux_test.go
index ac3260723b06..e94293d87fb2 100644
--- a/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_linux_test.go
@@ -78,10 +78,12 @@ Copyright 2009-2012 Canonical Ltd.
 	}
 }
 
-func TestInstallDefault(t *testing.T) {
-	profile := "libpod-default-testing"
-	aapath := "/sys/kernel/security/apparmor/"
+const (
+	aapath  = "/sys/kernel/security/apparmor/"
+	profile = "libpod-default-testing"
+)
 
+func TestInstallDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(aapath); err != nil {
 		t.Skip("AppArmor isn't available in this environment")
 	}
@@ -127,3 +129,12 @@ func TestInstallDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	checkLoaded(false)
 }
+
+func TestDefaultContent(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(aapath); err != nil {
+		t.Skip("AppArmor isn't available in this environment")
+	}
+	if err := DefaultContent(profile); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Couldn't retrieve default AppArmor profile content '%s': %v", profile, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_unsupported.go b/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_unsupported.go
index b2b4de5f5230..13469f1b629d 100644
--- a/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/apparmor/apparmor_unsupported.go
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ func CheckProfileAndLoadDefault(name string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return "", ErrApparmorUnsupported
 }
+
+// DefaultContent dummy.
+func DefaultContent(name string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}