diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
index 1048f61eee..331c9eb131 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
   group: name={{ slaves_group }}
   when: slaves_group is defined and (deployment_type == 'stg' or deployment_type in ['dev', 'prod'])
 
+- name: set the selinux fcontext type for the buildslave dir to var_lib_t
+  command: semanage fcontext -a -t var_lib_t "{{ item.dir }}(/.*)?"
+  with_items: "{{ slaves }}"
+  when: slaves is defined and deployment_type == 'dev'
+
 - name: add buildslave users
   user: name={{ item.user }} group={{ slaves_group }} groups=testcloud,taskotron home={{ item.home }}
   with_items: "{{ slaves }}"