diff --git a/kickstart/veilor-os.ks b/kickstart/veilor-os.ks
index b5be79d..85caef6 100644
--- a/kickstart/veilor-os.ks
+++ b/kickstart/veilor-os.ks
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ chrony
 firewalld
 plymouth
 
+# AppArmor stack — Fedora 43 ships parser/utils/profiles. v0.6 ships
+# loaded-but-complain only (see scripts/40-apparmor.sh + tier-2 plan).
+apparmor-parser
+apparmor-utils
+apparmor-profiles
+
 # admin essentials
 git
 vim-enhanced
diff --git a/overlay/etc/apparmor.d/veilor.d/firefox b/overlay/etc/apparmor.d/veilor.d/firefox
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29675bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/etc/apparmor.d/veilor.d/firefox
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# veilor-os AppArmor profile stub — firefox
+#
+# v0.6 scope: marker only. Loads in complain mode via scripts/40-apparmor.sh
+# so AppArmor can log the syscall surface for v0.7 policy authoring. No
+# actual confinement rules yet — full policy is post-v0.6.
+
+#include <tunables/global>
+
+profile veilor-firefox /usr/lib*/firefox/firefox flags=(complain) {
+  #include <abstractions/base>
+}
diff --git a/overlay/etc/apparmor.d/veilor.d/thunderbird b/overlay/etc/apparmor.d/veilor.d/thunderbird
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46fe2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay/etc/apparmor.d/veilor.d/thunderbird
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# veilor-os AppArmor profile stub — thunderbird
+#
+# v0.6 scope: marker only. Loads in complain mode via scripts/40-apparmor.sh
+# so AppArmor can log the syscall surface for v0.7 policy authoring. No
+# actual confinement rules yet — full policy is post-v0.6.
+
+#include <tunables/global>
+
+profile veilor-thunderbird /usr/lib*/thunderbird/thunderbird flags=(complain) {
+  #include <abstractions/base>
+}
diff --git a/overlay/usr/local/bin/veilor-installer b/overlay/usr/local/bin/veilor-installer
index 999766a..4e660b8 100644
--- a/overlay/usr/local/bin/veilor-installer
+++ b/overlay/usr/local/bin/veilor-installer
@@ -488,6 +488,12 @@ chrony
 firewalld
 plymouth
 
+# AppArmor stack — Fedora 43 ships parser/utils/profiles. v0.6 ships
+# loaded-but-complain only (see scripts/40-apparmor.sh + tier-2 plan).
+apparmor-parser
+apparmor-utils
+apparmor-profiles
+
 # admin essentials
 git
 vim-enhanced
diff --git a/scripts/40-apparmor.sh b/scripts/40-apparmor.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..898db05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/40-apparmor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# veilor-os — 40-apparmor: load veilor-shipped AppArmor profiles in
+# COMPLAIN mode. v0.6 scope: "loaded, present, nothing breaks".
+#
+# Per docs/research/2026-05-05-agent-wave/04-hardening-tier-2.md, v0.6
+# ships AppArmor stacked alongside SELinux, but every veilor-shipped
+# profile stays in complain mode (logs only, no enforce). Real policy
+# authoring is post-v0.6.
+#
+# Idempotent: profiles already in complain mode are skipped. Run as
+# root during kickstart %post or post-install.
+
+set -uo pipefail
+
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'; YELLOW='\033[1;33m'; RED='\033[0;31m'; NC='\033[0m'
+ok()   { echo -e "${GREEN}[OK]${NC}    $*"; }
+info() { echo -e "${YELLOW}[INFO]${NC}  $*"; }
+warn() { echo -e "${YELLOW}[WARN]${NC}  $*"; }
+err()  { echo -e "${RED}[ERR]${NC}   $*"; }
+
+[[ $EUID -eq 0 ]] || { err "Must run as root"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+echo "  veilor-os :: 40-apparmor (complain mode only)"
+echo "════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
+
+PROFILE_DIR=/etc/apparmor.d/veilor.d
+
+# ── Sanity: tools present? ──
+if ! command -v apparmor_parser >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    warn "apparmor_parser not installed — skipping (package step missed?)"
+    exit 0
+fi
+if ! command -v aa-complain >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    warn "aa-complain not installed (apparmor-utils missing) — skipping"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d $PROFILE_DIR ]]; then
+    info "$PROFILE_DIR not present — no veilor profiles to load"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# ── Walk every profile we ship and force complain mode ──
+shopt -s nullglob
+loaded=0
+skipped=0
+failed=0
+
+for profile in "$PROFILE_DIR"/*; do
+    [[ -f $profile ]] || continue
+    name=$(basename "$profile")
+
+    # Already in complain mode? aa-status reports loaded profiles by
+    # internal profile name, not file path — best-effort match against
+    # the file basename to avoid re-parsing on repeat runs.
+    if command -v aa-status >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+       && aa-status --complaining 2>/dev/null | grep -qE "(^|/)veilor-${name}([[:space:]]|$)"; then
+        info "$name already in complain mode — skipping"
+        skipped=$((skipped + 1))
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    info "loading $name (complain mode)"
+    if aa-complain "$profile" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        ok "$name → complain"
+        loaded=$((loaded + 1))
+    else
+        warn "$name failed to load (parser may reject stub on this kernel)"
+        failed=$((failed + 1))
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "────────────────────────────────────────────────────────"
+info "summary: loaded=$loaded skipped=$skipped failed=$failed"
+ok "v0.6 AppArmor stub: complain-mode only — no enforcement, log-only"
+exit 0