diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
index 194a752a3c..bf7e6709bf 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
   tags:
   - mediawiki
 
+- name: set sebooleans so apache can build svgs
+  seboolean: name=httpd_setrlimit state=yes persistent=yes
+  tags:
+  - mediawiki
+
 - name: install needed packages
   package: name={{ item }} state=present
   with_items: