diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/native/apparmor.go b/daemon/execdriver/native/apparmor.go
index dffc6d3e13..5bbfef6d7a 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/native/apparmor.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/native/apparmor.go
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ profile {{.Name}} flags=(attach_disconnected,mediate_deleted) {
   file,
   umount,
 
-  deny @{PROC}/{*,**^[0-9]*,sys/kernel/shm*} wkx,
+  deny @{PROC}/* w,   # deny write for all files directly in /proc (not in a subdir)
+  # deny write to files not in /proc/<number>/** or /proc/sys/**
+  deny @{PROC}/{[^1-9],[^1-9][^0-9],[^1-9s][^0-9y][^0-9s],[^1-9][^0-9][^0-9][^0-9]*}/** w,
+  deny @{PROC}/sys/[^k]** w,  # deny /proc/sys except /proc/sys/k* (effectively /proc/sys/kernel)
+  deny @{PROC}/sys/kernel/{?,??,[^s][^h][^m]**} w,  # deny everything except shm* in /proc/sys/kernel/
   deny @{PROC}/sysrq-trigger rwklx,
   deny @{PROC}/mem rwklx,
   deny @{PROC}/kmem rwklx,
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_unix_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_unix_test.go
index 1f98cf3042..15f0d52acd 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_unix_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_unix_test.go
@@ -887,3 +887,18 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunSeccompDefaultProfile(c *check.C) {
 		c.Fatalf("expected hello, got: %s, %v", out, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunApparmorProcDirectory(c *check.C) {
+	testRequires(c, SameHostDaemon, Apparmor)
+
+	// running w seccomp unconfined tests the apparmor profile
+	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--security-opt", "seccomp:unconfined", "debian:jessie", "chmod", "777", "/proc/1/cgroup")
+	if out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(runCmd); err == nil || !(strings.Contains(out, "Permission denied") || strings.Contains(out, "Operation not permitted")) {
+		c.Fatalf("expected chmod 777 /proc/1/cgroup to fail, got %s: %v", out, err)
+	}
+
+	runCmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--security-opt", "seccomp:unconfined", "debian:jessie", "chmod", "777", "/proc/1/attr/current")
+	if out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(runCmd); err == nil || !(strings.Contains(out, "Permission denied") || strings.Contains(out, "Operation not permitted")) {
+		c.Fatalf("expected chmod 777 /proc/1/attr/current to fail, got %s: %v", out, err)
+	}
+}