diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/nc.openbsd b/profiles/apparmor.d/nc.openbsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61a41d6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/nc.openbsd
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+#    Copyright (C) 2024 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#    modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+#    License published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+# vim: ft=apparmor
+
+abi <abi/4.0>,
+
+include <tunables/global>
+
+profile nc.openbsd /usr/bin/nc.openbsd {
+  include <abstractions/base>
+  include <abstractions/nameservice>
+
+  file rw /**,
+
+  # we need to enable all networking in order to allow DCCP (this also allows unix sockets)
+  network,
+
+  /usr/bin/nc.openbsd mr,
+
+  # Site-specific additions and overrides. See local/README for details.
+  include if exists <local/nc.openbsd>
+}
diff --git a/tests/profiles/nc.openbsd/task.yaml b/tests/profiles/nc.openbsd/task.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80e10e5b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/profiles/nc.openbsd/task.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+summary: smoke test for the nc.openbsd profile
+execute: |
+    # IPv4, IPv6
+    nc -4 -l 4321 & (echo "hi" | nc -4 -q 0 127.0.0.1 4321)
+    nc -6 -l 4321 & (echo "hi" | nc -6 -q 0 ::1 4321)
+
+    # UNIX sockets
+    nc -l -U /tmp/socket & (echo "hi" | nc -q 0 -U /tmp/socket)
+    nc -l -U '@tmpsocket' & (echo "hi" | nc -q 0 -U '@tmpsocket')
+
+    # The profile is attached based on the program path.
+    "$SPREAD_PATH"/tests/bin/actual-profile-of nc.openbsd | MATCH 'nc.openbsd \(enforce\)'