diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index b8062ebd..29c92f2e 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ tempest_distro_packages:
   - git
   - libxslt              # required by the python module unittest2
   - gcc                  # required to build tempest plugins (TODO) remove this when the repo server can satisfy the tempest plugin requirements
+  - libselinux-python
 
 tempest_service_distro_packages:
   - openstack-tempest