diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-fedmsg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
index abc0a28a5d..84edb7c9b3 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 - copy: src=resultsdb.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/resultsdb.py
   notify:
     - restart httpd
+
+- name: ensure selinux lets httpd talk to the fedmsg-relay
+  seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_connect persistent=yes state=yes