diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index d8a0e39be1d..3f49c3424f4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/sliceutils"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/security/apparmor"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/bandwidth"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/clock"
@@ -736,7 +737,8 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *Kub
 	klet.AddPodSyncLoopHandler(activeDeadlineHandler)
 	klet.AddPodSyncHandler(activeDeadlineHandler)
 
-	klet.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewAppArmorAdmitHandler(kubeCfg.ContainerRuntime))
+	klet.appArmorValidator = apparmor.NewValidator(kubeCfg.ContainerRuntime)
+	klet.AddPodAdmitHandler(lifecycle.NewAppArmorAdmitHandler(klet.appArmorValidator))
 
 	// apply functional Option's
 	for _, opt := range kubeDeps.Options {
@@ -1041,6 +1043,9 @@ type Kubelet struct {
 
 	// The bit of the fwmark space to mark packets for dropping.
 	iptablesDropBit int
+
+	// The AppArmor validator for checking whether AppArmor is supported.
+	appArmorValidator apparmor.Validator
 }
 
 // setupDataDirs creates:
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
index 6d8bc25a121..bf295701f90 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
@@ -489,6 +489,13 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) setNodeReadyCondition(node *api.Node) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Append AppArmor status if it's enabled.
+	// TODO(timstclair): This is a temporary message until node feature reporting is added.
+	if newNodeReadyCondition.Status == api.ConditionTrue &&
+		kl.appArmorValidator != nil && kl.appArmorValidator.ValidateHost() == nil {
+		newNodeReadyCondition.Message = fmt.Sprintf("%s. AppArmor enabled", newNodeReadyCondition.Message)
+	}
+
 	// Record any soft requirements that were not met in the container manager.
 	status := kl.containerManager.Status()
 	if status.SoftRequirements != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle/handlers.go b/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle/handlers.go
index 74b9b7331d6..4dbaedfa53c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle/handlers.go
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ func getHttpRespBody(resp *http.Response) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func NewAppArmorAdmitHandler(runtime string) PodAdmitHandler {
+func NewAppArmorAdmitHandler(validator apparmor.Validator) PodAdmitHandler {
 	return &appArmorAdmitHandler{
-		Validator: apparmor.NewValidator(runtime),
+		Validator: validator,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/security/apparmor/validate.go b/pkg/security/apparmor/validate.go
index e7fe2d31e43..79790c2a0c2 100644
--- a/pkg/security/apparmor/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/security/apparmor/validate.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ var isDisabledBuild bool
 // Interface for validating that a pod with with an AppArmor profile can be run by a Node.
 type Validator interface {
 	Validate(pod *api.Pod) error
+	ValidateHost() error
 }
 
 func NewValidator(runtime string) Validator {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func (v *validator) Validate(pod *api.Pod) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if v.validateHostErr != nil {
+	if v.ValidateHost() != nil {
 		return v.validateHostErr
 	}
 
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ func (v *validator) Validate(pod *api.Pod) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (v *validator) ValidateHost() error {
+	return v.validateHostErr
+}
+
 // Verify that the host and runtime is capable of enforcing AppArmor profiles.
 func validateHost(runtime string) error {
 	// Check feature-gates