diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
index 0f513ec5a3..0a4f257414 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 - name: allow Apache to talk to the wiki uploads dir over nfs
   seboolean: name=httpd_use_nfs state=yes persistent=yes
 
+- name: set sebooleans so apache can send emails
+  action: seboolean name=httpd_can_sendmail state=yes persistent=yes
+
 - name: install needed packages
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=installed
   with_items: