diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/selinux_getpolicytype_compat.yml b/changelogs/fragments/selinux_getpolicytype_compat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2af1df78a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/selinux_getpolicytype_compat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- selinux - return selinux_getpolicytype facts correctly.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/selinux.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/selinux.py
index cf1a599631e..7191713c157 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/selinux.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/selinux.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def _module_setup():
         security_policyvers={},
         selinux_getenforcemode=dict(argtypes=[POINTER(c_int)]),
         security_getenforce={},
-        lsetfilecon=dict(argtypes=[_to_char_p, _to_char_p], restype=_check_rc)
+        lsetfilecon=dict(argtypes=[_to_char_p, _to_char_p], restype=_check_rc),
+        selinux_getpolicytype=dict(argtypes=[POINTER(c_char_p)], restype=_check_rc),
     )
 
     _thismod = sys.modules[__name__]
@@ -79,6 +80,15 @@ def selinux_getenforcemode():
     return [rc, enforcemode.value]
 
 
+def selinux_getpolicytype():
+    con = c_char_p()
+    try:
+        rc = _selinux_lib.selinux_getpolicytype(byref(con))
+        return [rc, to_native(con.value)]
+    finally:
+        _selinux_lib.freecon(con)
+
+
 def lgetfilecon_raw(path):
     con = c_char_p()
     try:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/module_utils_selinux/aliases b/test/integration/targets/module_utils_selinux/aliases
index a6dafcf8cd8..aab3ff52ebb 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/module_utils_selinux/aliases
+++ b/test/integration/targets/module_utils_selinux/aliases
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 shippable/posix/group1
+skip/aix
+skip/osx
+skip/macos
+skip/freebsd
+skip/docker
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/module_utils_selinux/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/module_utils_selinux/tasks/main.yml
index ed2d4f0163c..c599377b643 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/module_utils_selinux/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/module_utils_selinux/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,33 @@
   ignore_errors: yes
   register: selinux_state
 
+- name: explicitly collect selinux facts
+  setup:
+    gather_subset:
+    - '!all'
+    - '!any'
+    - selinux
+  register: selinux_facts
+
+- set_fact:
+    selinux_policytype: "unknown"
+
+- name: check selinux policy type
+  shell: grep '^SELINUXTYPE=' /etc/selinux/config | cut -d'=' -f2
+  register: r
+
+- set_fact:
+    selinux_policytype: "{{ r.stdout_lines[0] }}"
+  when: r.changed
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - selinux_facts is success and selinux_facts.ansible_facts.ansible_selinux is defined
+    - (selinux_facts.ansible_facts.ansible_selinux.status in ['disabled', 'Missing selinux Python library'] if selinux_state is not success else True)
+    - (selinux_facts.ansible_facts.ansible_selinux.status == 'enabled' if selinux_state is success else True)
+    - (selinux_facts.ansible_facts.ansible_selinux.mode in ['enforcing', 'permissive'] if selinux_state is success else True)
+    - (selinux_facts.ansible_facts.ansible_selinux.type == selinux_policytype if selinux_state is success else True)
+
 - name: run selinux tests
   include_tasks: selinux.yml
   when: selinux_state is success