diff --git a/roles/basset/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/basset/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 45f5fd348b..b422b1eded 100644
--- a/roles/basset/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/basset/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
   - basset
   - basset/frontend
 
+- name: set sebooleans so basset-frontend can talk to the broker
+  seboolean: name=httpd_can_network
+                    state=true
+                    persistent=true
+  tags:
+  - basset
+  - basset/frontend
+  - selinux
+
 - name: install frontend config
   copy: src=basset.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/basset.conf
         owner=root group=root mode=0644