diff --git a/hack/dind b/hack/dind
index e3641a342f..d4731aff75 100755
--- a/hack/dind
+++ b/hack/dind
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 # Usage: dind CMD [ARG...]
 
+# apparmor sucks and Docker needs to know that it's in a container (c) @tianon
+export container=docker
+
 # First, make sure that cgroups are mounted correctly.
 CGROUP=/sys/fs/cgroup
 
diff --git a/pkg/apparmor/apparmor.go b/pkg/apparmor/apparmor.go
index 0987398124..6fdb1f8958 100644
--- a/pkg/apparmor/apparmor.go
+++ b/pkg/apparmor/apparmor.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func IsEnabled() bool {
-	if _, err := os.Stat("/sys/kernel/security/apparmor"); err == nil {
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/sys/kernel/security/apparmor"); err == nil && os.Getenv("container") == "" {
 		buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/module/apparmor/parameters/enabled")
 		return err == nil && len(buf) > 1 && buf[0] == 'Y'
 	}