diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index e6767ec408..7ed2b992a9 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 ---
 # tasklist for setting up the mirrormanager app components
 
+- name: set sebooleans so mirrormanager can connect to its db
+  action: seboolean name=httpd_can_network_connect_db
+                    state=true
+                    persistent=true
+
 - name: install /etc/httpd/conf.d/mirrormanager-app.conf
   copy: >
     src="mirrormanager-app.conf"