diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
index d34f684164..d3d71428a7 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
   - removehttpd
 
 - name: make sure we are in permissive selinux mode
-  selinux: state=permissive
+  selinux: policy=targeted state=permissive
   tags:
   - koji_builder
   - selinux