diff --git a/roles/graphite/grafana/tasks/main.yml b/roles/graphite/grafana/tasks/main.yml
index 56d93aa9ef..8888f30f8f 100644
--- a/roles/graphite/grafana/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/graphite/grafana/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
   - grafana
   - packages
 
+- name: set sebool so apache can talk to grafana-server
+  action: seboolean name=httpd_can_network_connect
+                    state=true
+                    persistent=true
+
 - name: Set grafana-server to run on boot
   service: name=grafana-server enabled=yes state=running
   tags: