diff --git a/salt/profile/apparmor/packages.sls b/salt/profile/apparmor/packages.sls
index bd3099a..08fa7dc 100644
--- a/salt/profile/apparmor/packages.sls
+++ b/salt/profile/apparmor/packages.sls
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ apparmor:
         - apparmor-utils
 
   service.running:
+    {% if os_family == 'Suse' and osmajorrelease == 11 %}
+    # SLE11 only has sysvinit and the boot.apparmor initscript
+    - name: boot.apparmor
+    {% endif %}
     - enable: True
     # restarting AppArmor means to remove confinement from running processes, so always use reload!
     - reload: True