diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index d62713bc88..1f25330f3a 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -539,6 +539,15 @@
   - web
   - pagure
 
+- name: set sebooleans so pygit2 can read the git repos
+  seboolean: name=httpd_execmem
+                    state=true
+                    persistent=true
+  tags:
+  - selinux
+  - web
+  - pagure
+
 
 # Ensure all the services are up and running