diff --git a/roles/sendmail/tasks/main.yml b/roles/sendmail/tasks/main.yml
index d46a43b..b926af9 100644
--- a/roles/sendmail/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/sendmail/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,39 @@
   tags: certificates
   notify: restart sendmail
 
+- name: fix selinux contexts from data directory
+  sefcontext:
+    path: "/export/mail(/.*)?"
+    setype: mail_spool_t
+
+- name: create data directory
+  file:
+    path: /export/mail
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0775
+    owner: root
+    group: mail
+    setype: _default
+
+- name: backup old data directory
+  command:
+    argv:
+      - mv
+      - /var/spool/mail
+      - /var/spool/mail.backup
+    creates: /var/spool/mail.backup
+
+- name: link data directory
+  file:
+    path: /var/spool/mail
+    src: /export/mail
+    state: link
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    setype: _default
+    follow: false
+    force: true
+
 - name: copy sendmail config template
   template:
     src: sendmail.mc.j2