diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
index a25794816e..8c2dd96642 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 - name: allow Apache to remotely connect to Memcached
   seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_memcache state=yes persistent=yes
 
+- name: allow Apache to talk to the wiki uploads dir over nfs
+  seboolean: name=httpd_use_nfs state=yes persistent=yes
+
 - name: install needed packages
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=installed
   with_items: