diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
index afef03ad33..3678db902f 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 - name: install our custom selinux module
   command: semodule -i /usr/share/nrpe/fi-nrpe.pp
-  when: selinux_module|changed
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == '7' and selinux_module|changed
 
 
 # Set up our base config.