diff --git a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
index 077fbc5263..273577f917 100644
--- a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
   - copr-dist-git
   - rdiff-backup
 
+- name: switch selinux to permissive
+  selinux: policy=targeted state=permissive
+
 - name: ensure git storage path exists
   file: path="/var/lib/dist-git/git" state=directory group=packager mode=0775
 #- file: path="/var/lib/dist-git/git/pkgs-git-repos-list" state=file group=packager