diff --git a/pkg/rulemanager/rule_manager.go b/pkg/rulemanager/rule_manager.go
index e124cafda7..1437e41431 100644
--- a/pkg/rulemanager/rule_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/rulemanager/rule_manager.go
@@ -328,9 +328,7 @@ func (rm *RuleManager) ReportEnrichedEvent(enrichedEvent *events.EnrichedEvent)
 		if !RuleAppliesToContext(&rule, enrichedEvent.SourceContext) {
 			continue
 		}
-		// Skip profile dependency checks for non-K8s contexts (profiles are K8s-specific)
-		// Only K8s contexts should enforce profile dependencies
-		if isK8sContext && !profileExists && rule.ProfileDependency == armotypes.Required {
+		if !profileExists && rule.ProfileDependency == armotypes.Required {
 			rm.metrics.ReportAlertSuppressed(rule.ID, "profile_incomplete")
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/rulemanager/rule_manager_profile_test.go b/pkg/rulemanager/rule_manager_profile_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd63749ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/rulemanager/rule_manager_profile_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package rulemanager
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/armosec/armoapi-go/armotypes"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2/expirable"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/contextdetection"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/ebpf/events"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/exporters"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/metricsmanager"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/objectcache"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/rulebindingmanager"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/rulemanager/cel"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/rulemanager/rulecooldown"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/rulemanager/rulecreator"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/rulemanager/types"
+	typesv1 "github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/rulemanager/types/v1"
+	"github.com/kubescape/node-agent/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+type profileGateContext contextdetection.EventSourceContext
+
+func (c profileGateContext) Context() contextdetection.EventSourceContext {
+	return contextdetection.EventSourceContext(c)
+}
+func (c profileGateContext) WorkloadID() string { return "workload" }
+
+type profileGateEvent struct{ utils.K8sEvent }
+
+func (profileGateEvent) GetNamespace() string          { return "test" }
+func (profileGateEvent) GetPod() string                { return "pod" }
+func (profileGateEvent) GetEventType() utils.EventType { return utils.ExecveEventType }
+
+type profileGateCache struct {
+	objectcache.ContainerProfileCache
+	profile *objectcache.ProjectedContainerProfile
+}
+
+func (c *profileGateCache) GetProjectedContainerProfile(string) *objectcache.ProjectedContainerProfile {
+	return c.profile
+}
+
+type profileGateBindings struct {
+	rulebindingmanager.RuleBindingCacheMock
+	rules []typesv1.Rule
+}
+
+func (b *profileGateBindings) ListRulesForPod(string, string) []typesv1.Rule { return b.rules }
+func (b *profileGateBindings) GetRuleCreator() rulecreator.RuleCreator {
+	return &rulecreator.RuleCreatorMock{Rules: b.rules}
+}
+
+type profileGateEvaluator struct {
+	cel.RuleEvaluator
+	evaluations int
+}
+
+func (e *profileGateEvaluator) CreateEvalContext(*events.EnrichedEvent) map[string]any {
+	return map[string]any{}
+}
+func (e *profileGateEvaluator) EvaluateRuleWithContext(map[string]any, utils.EventType, []typesv1.RuleExpression) (bool, error) {
+	e.evaluations++
+	return true, nil
+}
+func (e *profileGateEvaluator) EvaluateExpression(*events.EnrichedEvent, string) (string, error) {
+	return "alert", nil
+}
+
+type profileGateExporter struct {
+	exporters.ExporterMock
+	alerts int
+}
+
+func (e *profileGateExporter) SendRuleAlert(types.RuleFailure) { e.alerts++ }
+
+type profileGateFailureCreator struct{}
+
+func (profileGateFailureCreator) CreateRuleFailure(typesv1.Rule, *events.EnrichedEvent, objectcache.ObjectCache, string, string, string, map[string]any) types.RuleFailure {
+	return &types.GenericRuleFailure{}
+}
+
+type profileGateMetrics struct {
+	metricsmanager.MetricsMock
+	suppressed []string
+}
+
+func (m *profileGateMetrics) ReportAlertSuppressed(ruleID, reason string) {
+	m.suppressed = append(m.suppressed, ruleID+":"+reason)
+}
+
+func TestReportEnrichedEventProfileDependency(t *testing.T) {
+	contexts := []struct {
+		name        string
+		source      contextdetection.ContextInfo
+		containerID string
+	}{
+		{"host", profileGateContext(contextdetection.Host), "host"},
+		{"standalone", profileGateContext(contextdetection.Standalone), "container"},
+		{"kubernetes", profileGateContext(contextdetection.Kubernetes), "container"},
+		{"legacy kubernetes", nil, "container"},
+	}
+	cases := []struct {
+		name       string
+		dependency armotypes.ProfileDependency
+		profile    *objectcache.ProjectedContainerProfile
+		wantAlerts int
+	}{
+		{"required missing", armotypes.Required, nil, 0},
+		{"required available", armotypes.Required, &objectcache.ProjectedContainerProfile{}, 1},
+		{"optional missing", armotypes.Optional, nil, 1},
+		{"optional available", armotypes.Optional, &objectcache.ProjectedContainerProfile{}, 1},
+		{"not required missing", armotypes.NotRequired, nil, 1},
+		{"not required available", armotypes.NotRequired, &objectcache.ProjectedContainerProfile{}, 1},
+	}
+	for _, ctx := range contexts {
+		for _, tc := range cases {
+			t.Run(ctx.name+"/"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				evaluator := &profileGateEvaluator{}
+				exporter := &profileGateExporter{}
+				metrics := &profileGateMetrics{}
+				rule := typesv1.Rule{
+					ID: "R1059", Enabled: true, ProfileDependency: tc.dependency,
+					Tags:        []string{"context:host", "context:container"},
+					Expressions: typesv1.RuleExpressions{RuleExpression: []typesv1.RuleExpression{{EventType: utils.ExecveEventType, Expression: "true"}}},
+				}
+				rm := &RuleManager{
+					ctx:              context.Background(),
+					cfg:              config.Config{HostMonitoringEnabled: true, StandaloneMonitoringEnabled: true},
+					ruleBindingCache: &profileGateBindings{rules: []typesv1.Rule{rule}},
+					objectCache:      &stateObjectCacheFake{cpc: &profileGateCache{profile: tc.profile}},
+					celEvaluator:     evaluator, exporter: exporter, metrics: metrics,
+					ruleCooldown:       rulecooldown.NewRuleCooldown(rulecooldown.RuleCooldownConfig{Disabled: true, MaxSize: 1}),
+					alertLogDedup:      expirable.NewLRU[string, struct{}](1, nil, 0),
+					ruleFailureCreator: profileGateFailureCreator{},
+				}
+				rm.podToWlid.Set("test/pod", "workload")
+				rm.ReportEnrichedEvent(&events.EnrichedEvent{Event: profileGateEvent{}, ContainerID: ctx.containerID, SourceContext: ctx.source})
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.wantAlerts, evaluator.evaluations, "profile gate must precede evaluation")
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.wantAlerts, exporter.alerts, "missing required profiles must not export alerts")
+				if tc.wantAlerts == 0 {
+					assert.Equal(t, []string{"R1059:profile_incomplete"}, metrics.suppressed)
+				} else {
+					assert.Empty(t, metrics.suppressed)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}