diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index f469b68882..831c8c6a70 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 - name: ensure packages required for semanage are installed (fedora/rhel8)
   package: name=policycoreutils-python-utils state=present
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int => 8
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 7
   tags:
   - selinux