diff --git a/hack/make/ubuntu b/hack/make/ubuntu
index 24246da76a..3c83089078 100644
--- a/hack/make/ubuntu
+++ b/hack/make/ubuntu
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ bundle_ubuntu() {
 	done
 
 	# Include contributed apparmor policy
-	mkdir -p "$DIR/etc/apparmor.d/"
-	cp contrib/apparmor/* "$DIR/etc/apparmor.d/"
+	if [ -d contrib/apparmor ]; then
+		mkdir -p "$DIR/etc/apparmor.d/"
+		cp contrib/apparmor/* "$DIR/etc/apparmor.d/"
+	fi
 
 	# Copy the binary
 	# This will fail if the binary bundle hasn't been built