diff --git a/roles/pkgdb2/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pkgdb2/tasks/main.yml
index 248829c67d..a01f76f99d 100644
--- a/roles/pkgdb2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pkgdb2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@
                     state=true
                     persistent=true
 
+- name: set sebooleans so apache can send emails
+  action: seboolean name=httpd_can_sendmail
+                    state=true
+                    persistent=true
+