diff --git a/utils/apparmor/aa.py b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
index 3b8aeab41..e54d064d2 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/aa.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
@@ -4455,6 +4455,8 @@ def load_include(incname):
         #If the include is a directory means include all subfiles
         elif os.path.isdir(profile_dir + '/' + incfile):
             load_includeslist += list(map(lambda x: incfile + '/' + x, os.listdir(profile_dir + '/' + incfile)))
+        else:
+            raise AppArmorException("Include file %s not found" % (profile_dir + '/' + incfile) )
 
     return 0