diff --git a/contrib/apparmor/main.go b/contrib/apparmor/main.go
index 25f6e8c..2b15e1d 100644
--- a/contrib/apparmor/main.go
+++ b/contrib/apparmor/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type profileData struct {
 	MajorVersion int
 	MinorVersion int
+	PatchLevel   int
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -23,13 +24,14 @@ func main() {
 	// parse the arg
 	apparmorProfilePath := os.Args[1]
 
-	majorVersion, minorVersion, err := aaparser.GetVersion()
+	majorVersion, minorVersion, patchLevel, err := aaparser.GetVersion()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	data := profileData{
 		MajorVersion: majorVersion,
 		MinorVersion: minorVersion,
+		PatchLevel:   patchLevel,
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("apparmor_parser is of version %+v\n", data)
 
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/native/apparmor.go b/daemon/execdriver/native/apparmor.go
index 5bbfef6..33859fd 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/native/apparmor.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/native/apparmor.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type data struct {
 	InnerImports []string
 	MajorVersion int
 	MinorVersion int
+	PatchLevel   int
 }
 
 const baseTemplate = `
@@ -64,10 +65,13 @@ profile {{.Name}} flags=(attach_disconnected,mediate_deleted) {
   deny /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/** rwklx,
   deny /sys/kernel/security/** rwklx,
 
-{{if ge .MajorVersion 2}}{{if ge .MinorVersion 8}}
+{{if ge .MajorVersion 2}}{{if ge .MinorVersion 8}}{{if ge .PatchLevel 95}}
+  # apparmor-2.8.95 is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)
+	# apparmor-2.8.95 is apparmor-2.9 beta, which supports ptrace rule
+	# other apparmor-2.8 versions do not support this rule
   # suppress ptrace denials when using 'docker ps' or using 'ps' inside a container
   ptrace (trace,read) peer=docker-default,
-{{end}}{{end}}
+{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}
 {{if ge .MajorVersion 2}}{{if ge .MinorVersion 9}}
   # docker daemon confinement requires explict allow rule for signal
   signal (receive) set=(kill,term) peer={{.ExecPath}},
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ func generateProfile(out io.Writer) error {
 	if abstractionsExists() {
 		data.InnerImports = append(data.InnerImports, "#include <abstractions/base>")
 	}
-	data.MajorVersion, data.MinorVersion, err = aaparser.GetVersion()
+	data.MajorVersion, data.MinorVersion, data.PatchLevel, err = aaparser.GetVersion()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/aaparser/aaparser.go b/pkg/aaparser/aaparser.go
index 23dda99..a2f2f58 100644
--- a/pkg/aaparser/aaparser.go
+++ b/pkg/aaparser/aaparser.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// GetVersion returns the major and minor version of apparmor_parser
-func GetVersion() (int, int, error) {
+// GetVersion returns the major, minor and patch level version of apparmor_parser
+func GetVersion() (int, int, int, error) {
 	// get the apparmor_version version
 	cmd := exec.Command("apparmor_parser", "--version")
 
@@ -29,17 +29,25 @@ func GetVersion() (int, int, error) {
 	// split by major minor version
 	v := strings.Split(version, ".")
 	if len(v) < 2 {
-		return -1, -1, fmt.Errorf("parsing major minor version failed for %q", version)
+		return -1, -1, -1, fmt.Errorf("parsing major minor and patch level version failed for %q", version)
 	}
 
 	majorVersion, err := strconv.Atoi(v[0])
 	if err != nil {
-		return -1, -1, err
+		return -1, -1, -1, err
 	}
 	minorVersion, err := strconv.Atoi(v[1])
 	if err != nil {
-		return -1, -1, err
+		return -1, -1, -1, err
 	}
 
-	return majorVersion, minorVersion, nil
+	patchLevel := 0
+
+	if len(v) == 3 {
+		patchLevel, err = strconv.Atoi(v[2])
+		if err != nil {
+			return -1, -1, -1, err
+		}
+	}
+	return majorVersion, minorVersion, patchLevel, nil
 }