diff --git a/roles/ask/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ask/tasks/main.yml
index 84ef4fae04..512e8853cd 100644
--- a/roles/ask/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ask/tasks/main.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@
                     state=true
                     persistent=true
 
+- name: set sebooleans so ask can talk to fedmsg
+  action: seboolean name=allow_httpd_sys_script_anon_write
+                    state=true
+                    persistent=true
+
+- name: set sebooleans so ask can talk to fedmsg
+  action: seboolean name=allow_ypbind
+                    state=true
+                    persistent=true
+
 - name: install askbot settings.py template
   template: >
     src={{ item }} dest="/etc/askbot/sites/ask/config/settings.py"