diff --git a/roles/ping_exporter/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/ping_exporter/molecule/default/verify.yml
index 2df0873..6d0e36c 100644
--- a/roles/ping_exporter/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/ping_exporter/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
   gather_facts: false
   any_errors_fatal: true
 
+  #
+  # NOTE: SELinux workarounds are not tested due to container limitations
+  #
+
   tasks:
     - name: "Include default vars"
       ansible.builtin.include_vars:
diff --git a/roles/ping_exporter/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ping_exporter/tasks/main.yml
index 623b89f..9b1d921 100644
--- a/roles/ping_exporter/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ping_exporter/tasks/main.yml
@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@
     owner: ping_exporter
     group: root
     mode: "0644"
+
+- name: "Apply SELinux workarounds"
+  when:
+    - ansible_facts.os_family == "RedHat"
+    - ansible_selinux.status is defined
+    - ansible_selinux.status != "disabled"
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+    file: selinux.yml
diff --git a/roles/ping_exporter/tasks/selinux.yml b/roles/ping_exporter/tasks/selinux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8496106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ping_exporter/tasks/selinux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# a workaround for an issue reported here: https://github.com/czerwonk/ping_exporter/issues/152
+- name: "Ensure SELinux management tools are installed"
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: policycoreutils-python-utils
+    state: present
+
+- name: "Override SELinux fcontext for ping_exporter binary"
+  community.general.sefcontext:
+    target: /usr/bin/ping_exporter
+    setype: bin_t
+    state: present
+
+- name: "Apply SELinux context to ping_exporter binary"
+  register: ping_exporter_restorecon
+  changed_when: ping_exporter_restorecon.stdout | length > 0
+  notify: "Restart-ping-exporter"
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: restorecon -v /usr/bin/ping_exporter