diff --git a/test/TEST-06-SELINUX/test.sh b/test/TEST-06-SELINUX/test.sh
index 4f5895be66..1ae4a7c0d9 100755
--- a/test/TEST-06-SELINUX/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-06-SELINUX/test.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ TEST_DESCRIPTION="SELinux tests"
 
 . $TEST_BASE_DIR/test-functions
 SETUP_SELINUX=yes
-KERNEL_APPEND="$KERNEL_APPEND selinux=1"
+KERNEL_APPEND="$KERNEL_APPEND selinux=1 security=selinux"
 
 check_result_qemu() {
     ret=1