diff --git a/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
index 48d192c18d..60cbd53455 100644
--- a/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
     state=directory
     recurse=yes
 
+- name: apply selinux type to the wsgi file
+  file: >
+    dest=/usr/share/nuancier/nuancier.wsgi
+    setype=httpd_sys_content_t
+
 - name: hotfix python-fedora-flask to include latest flask_fas_openid
   template: src={{ item.file }}
             dest={{ item.location }}/{{ item.file }}