diff --git a/utils/apparmor/aa.py b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
index e28b8495..88bf2172 100644
--- utils/apparmor/aa.py
+++ utils/apparmor/aa.py
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ def is_skippable_file(path):
     return False
 
 def is_skippable_dir(path):
-    if re.search('^(.*/)?(disable|cache|force-complain|lxc|\.git)/?$', path):
+    if re.search('^(.*/)?(disable|cache|cache\.d|force-complain|lxc|\.git)/?$', path):
         return True
     return False
 
diff --git a/utils/test/test-aa.py b/utils/test/test-aa.py
index 243283a9..b5f8e94f 100644
--- utils/test/test-aa.py
+++ utils/test/test-aa.py
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ class AaTest_is_skippable_dir(AATest):
         ('lxc',                         True),
         ('force-complain',              True),
         ('/etc/apparmor.d/cache',       True),
+        ('/etc/apparmor.d/cache.d',     True),
+        ('/etc/apparmor.d/cache.d/',    True),
         ('/etc/apparmor.d/lxc/',        True),
         ('/etc/apparmor.d/.git/',       True),