diff --git a/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
index 7a41f0b461..b83dbba5e0 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   ignore_errors: True
   notify:
   - restart collectd
-  when: collectd_apache is defined or collectd_graphite is defined
+  when: ( collectd_apache is defined or collectd_graphite is defined ) and ansible_selinux.status != "disabled"
 
 - name: enable collectd nfs module
   copy: src=nfs.conf dest=/etc/collectd.d/nfs.conf