diff --git a/roles/notifs/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/notifs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 3f2228b698..b0f0ac14ce 100644
--- a/roles/notifs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/notifs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -92,9 +92,14 @@
   tags:
   - notifs
   - notifs/frontend
+  - selinux
 
-- name: ensure selinux lets httpd talk to postgres
-  seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_connect_db state=yes persistent=yes
+- name: ensure selinux lets httpd talk to postgres and memcached
+  seboolean: name={{item}} state=yes persistent=yes
+  with_items:
+  - httpd_can_network_db
+  - httpd_can_network_memcache
   tags:
   - notifs
   - notifs/frontend
+  - selinux
diff --git a/roles/notifs/frontend/templates/fmn.web.py b/roles/notifs/frontend/templates/fmn.web.py
index 1fe5869d28..ee3c913277 100644
--- a/roles/notifs/frontend/templates/fmn.web.py
+++ b/roles/notifs/frontend/templates/fmn.web.py
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ config = {
     "fmn.rules.utils.pkgdb_url": "https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/api",
     {% endif %}
     "fmn.rules.cache": {
-        "backend": "dogpile.cache.dbm",
+        "backend": "dogpile.cache.memcached",
         "expiration_time": 3600,  # 3600 is 1 hour
         "arguments": {
-            "filename": "/var/tmp/fmn-cache.dbm",
+            "url": "memcached02:11211",
         },
     },
 }