diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index 35d71d71fd..19d6449d6f 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
   - pagure
   - packages
 
+- name: Set httpd_can_network_connect flag on and keep it persistent across reboots so apache can talk to redis
+  seboolean:
+    name: httpd_can_network_connect
+    state: yes
+    persistent: yes
 
 # Set-up stunnel for the event source server