diff --git a/libraries/libapparmor/src/private.c b/libraries/libapparmor/src/private.c
index 9378e2243..2414f0294 100644
--- a/libraries/libapparmor/src/private.c
+++ b/libraries/libapparmor/src/private.c
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ static struct ignored_suffix_t ignored_suffixes[] = {
 	{ ".dpkg-old", 9, 1 },
 	{ ".dpkg-dist", 10, 1 },
 	{ ".dpkg-bak", 9, 1 },
+	{ ".dpkg-remove", 12, 1 },
+	/* Archlinux packaging files */
+	{ ".pacsave", 8, 1 },
+	{ ".pacnew", 7 1 },
 	/* RPM packaging files have traditionally not been silently
            ignored */
 	{ ".rpmnew", 7, 0 },
diff --git a/parser/apparmor_parser.pod b/parser/apparmor_parser.pod
index c99715413..c9a5eb11c 100644
--- a/parser/apparmor_parser.pod
+++ b/parser/apparmor_parser.pod
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ program. The B<profiles> may be specified by file name or a directory
 name containing a set of profiles. If a directory is specified then the
 B<apparmor_parser> will try to do a profile load for each file in the
 directory that is not a dot file, or explicitly black listed (*.dpkg-new,
-*.dpkg-old, *.dpkg-dist, *-dpkg-bak, *.rpmnew, *.rpmsave, *orig, *.rej,
-*~). The B<apparmor_parser> will fall back to taking input from standard
-input if a profile or directory is not supplied.
+*.dpkg-old, *.dpkg-dist, *.dpkg-bak, *.dpkg-remove, *.pacsave, *.pacnew,
+*.rpmnew, *.rpmsave, *.orig, *.rej, *~).
+The B<apparmor_parser> will fall back to taking input from standard input if
+a profile or directory is not supplied.
 
 The input supplied to B<apparmor_parser> should be in the format described in
 apparmor.d(5).
diff --git a/parser/rc.apparmor.functions b/parser/rc.apparmor.functions
index d8907ec1f..cc531f1bf 100644
--- a/parser/rc.apparmor.functions
+++ b/parser/rc.apparmor.functions
@@ -117,11 +117,14 @@ skip_profile() {
 	     "${profile%\~}" != "${profile}" ] ; then
 		return 1
 	fi
-	# Silently ignore the dpkg files
+	# Silently ignore the dpkg and pacman files
 	if [ "${profile%.dpkg-new}" != "${profile}" -o \
 	     "${profile%.dpkg-old}" != "${profile}" -o \
 	     "${profile%.dpkg-dist}" != "${profile}" -o \
-	     "${profile%.dpkg-bak}" != "${profile}" ] ; then
+	     "${profile%.dpkg-bak}" != "${profile}" -o \
+	     "${profile%.dpkg-remove}" != "${profile}" -o \
+	     "${profile%.pacsave}" != "${profile}" -o \
+	     "${profile%.pacnew}" != "${profile}" ] ; then
 		return 2
 	fi
 
diff --git a/utils/apparmor/aa.py b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
index 0377199c1..c8089aa8a 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/aa.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ def is_skippable_file(path):
     if not basename or basename[0] == '.' or basename == 'README':
         return True
 
-    skippable_suffix = ('.dpkg-new', '.dpkg-old', '.dpkg-dist', '.dpkg-bak', '.rpmnew', '.rpmsave', '.orig', '.rej', '~')
+    skippable_suffix = ('.dpkg-new', '.dpkg-old', '.dpkg-dist', '.dpkg-bak', '.dpkg-remove', '.pacsave', '.pacnew', '.rpmnew', '.rpmsave', '.orig', '.rej', '~')
     if basename.endswith(skippable_suffix):
         return True
 
diff --git a/utils/test/test-aa.py b/utils/test/test-aa.py
index 9cf3bbc40..db920f27d 100644
--- a/utils/test/test-aa.py
+++ b/utils/test/test-aa.py
@@ -452,22 +452,28 @@ class AaTest_is_skippable_file(AATest):
     def test_skippable_04(self):
         self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping..dpkg-bak'))
     def test_skippable_05(self):
-        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.rpmnew'))
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.dpkg-remove'))
     def test_skippable_06(self):
-        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.rpmsave'))
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.pacsave'))
     def test_skippable_07(self):
-        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.orig'))
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.pacnew'))
     def test_skippable_08(self):
-        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.rej'))
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.rpmnew'))
     def test_skippable_09(self):
-        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping~'))
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.rpmsave'))
     def test_skippable_10(self):
-        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('.bin.ping'))
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.orig'))
     def test_skippable_11(self):
-        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file(''))  # empty filename
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping.rej'))
     def test_skippable_12(self):
-        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('/etc/apparmor.d/'))  # directory without filename
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('bin.ping~'))
     def test_skippable_13(self):
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('.bin.ping'))
+    def test_skippable_14(self):
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file(''))  # empty filename
+    def test_skippable_15(self):
+        self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('/etc/apparmor.d/'))  # directory without filename
+    def test_skippable_16(self):
         self.assertTrue(is_skippable_file('README'))