diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg
index 291311ae2b8..40126ee91ad 100644
--- a/examples/ansible.cfg
+++ b/examples/ansible.cfg
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 # file systems that require special treatment when dealing with security context
 # the default behaviour that copies the existing context or uses the user default
 # needs to be changed to use the file system dependent context.
-#special_context_filesystems=nfs,vboxsf,fuse,ramfs
+#special_context_filesystems=nfs,vboxsf,fuse,ramfs,9p
 
 # Set this to yes to allow libvirt_lxc connections to work without SELinux.
 #libvirt_lxc_noseclabel = yes
diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index 3ee21a286fb..299917b75fc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG   = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'no_target_syslog', 'ANSIBL
 ALLOW_WORLD_READABLE_TMPFILES = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'allow_world_readable_tmpfiles', None, False, value_type='boolean')
 
 # selinux
-DEFAULT_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS = get_config(p, 'selinux', 'special_context_filesystems', None, 'fuse, nfs, vboxsf, ramfs', value_type='list')
+DEFAULT_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS = get_config(p, 'selinux', 'special_context_filesystems', None, 'fuse, nfs, vboxsf, ramfs, 9p', value_type='list')
 DEFAULT_LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL = get_config(p, 'selinux', 'libvirt_lxc_noseclabel', 'LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL', False, value_type='boolean')
 
 ### PRIVILEGE ESCALATION ###