diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 8db0b70f80..6e77fe817b 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 # This is the base role for all machines. 
 # Things in here are things we want to do to every machine no matter what. 
 #
+- name: global default packages to install
+  yum: state=installed name={{ item }}
+  with_items: global_pkgs_inst
+  tags:
+  - packages
 
 - name: sshd_config 
   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config mode=600
@@ -38,12 +43,6 @@
   tags:
   - config
   
-- name: global default packages to install
-  yum: state=installed name={{ item }}
-  with_items: global_pkgs_inst
-  tags:
-  - packages
-
 - name: dist pkgs to remove
   yum: state=removed name={{ item }}
   with_items: base_pkgs_erase
diff --git a/vars/global.yml b/vars/global.yml
index 5767ee7c84..9aebe76975 100644
--- a/vars/global.yml
+++ b/vars/global.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ f17_qcow_id: ami-00000001
 f19_qcow_id: ami-00000018
 global_pkgs_inst: ['bind-utils', 'joe', 'mailx', 'nc', 'openssh-clients', 
                    'patch', 'postfix', 'rsync', 'strace', 'telnet', 
-                   'tmpwatch', 'traceroute', 'vim-enhanced', 'xz', 'zsh' ]
+                   'tmpwatch', 'traceroute', 'vim-enhanced', 'xz', 'zsh',
+                   'libselinux-pyton' ]