diff --git a/roles/zoneminder/tasks/main.yml b/roles/zoneminder/tasks/main.yml
index 512e33e..94270a8 100644
--- a/roles/zoneminder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/zoneminder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@
   notify: restart zoneminder
   when: zm_mysql_host != "localhost"
 
+- name: loosen selinux settings
+  seboolean:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: true
+    persistent: true
+  with_items:
+    - domain_can_mmap_files
+    - nis_enabled
+
 # selinux doesn't allow create this
 - name: create stub web log
   file: