diff --git a/placement/templates/deployment.yaml b/placement/templates/deployment.yaml
index 55154203d4..3924df4163 100644
--- a/placement/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/placement/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ spec:
 {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" | indent 8 }}
         configmap-bin-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-bin.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
         configmap-etc-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-etc.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "podName" "placement-api" "containerNames" (list "placement-api" "init") | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_mandatory_access_control_annotation" | indent 8 }}
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
       affinity:
diff --git a/placement/values_overrides/apparmor.yaml b/placement/values_overrides/apparmor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee883ac067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/placement/values_overrides/apparmor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+pod:
+  mandatory_access_control:
+    type: apparmor
+    placement-api:
+      placement-api: runtime/default
+      init: runtime/default
+...