diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index cd27de1..09131b0 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@
     value: "{{ ansible_selinux.status == 'disabled' }}"
 
 - name: Permanently disable SELINUX
-  selinux: state=disabled
+  selinux:
+    state: disabled
   when:  ansible_selinux.status == 'enabled'
   register: selinux_disabled
 
+- name: Persist SELINUX disableD state
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/sysconfig/selinux
+    line: 'SELINUX=disabled'
+    regex: '^SELINUX=.*'
+
 - name: Restart node
   debug:
     msg: 'SELinux MUST be disabled, selinux has been updated, please restart node now...'