diff --git a/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
index fb957058be..6affecd112 100644
--- a/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
                     state=true
                     persistent=true
 
+- name: apply selinux type to static files
+  file: >
+    des/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nuancier/static/
+    setype=httpd_sys_content_t
+    state=directory
+    recurse=yes
+
 - name: hotfix python-fedora-flask to include latest flask_fas_openid
   template: src={{ item.file }}
             dest={{ item.location }}/{{ item.file }}