diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
index 659dc9d216..6b8c80f41e 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
   - config
   notify: restart httpd
 
+- name: enable httpd_can_network_connect SELinux boolean for fedmsg
+  seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_connect state=yes persistent=yes
+  tags:
+  - config
+
 - name: koji fedmsg plugin
   copy: src=fedmsg-koji-plugin.py dest=/usr/lib/koji-hub-plugins/fedmsg-koji-plugin.py
   tags: