diff --git a/roles/kerneltest/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kerneltest/tasks/main.yml
index 26ff06718a..bad31bf15f 100644
--- a/roles/kerneltest/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kerneltest/tasks/main.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
   - kerneltest
   - selinux
 
+- name: set sebooleans so the app can talk to the db and send emails
+  seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_connect_db persistent=yes state=yes
+  tags:
+  - kerneltest
+  - selinux
+
 - name: apply selinux type to log files
   file: >
     dest=/var/www/logs