diff --git a/changelog/66779.fixed.md b/changelog/66779.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04d96003f255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/66779.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the SELinux context for Salt Minion service to "unconfined_t"
diff --git a/pkg/common/salt-minion.service b/pkg/common/salt-minion.service
index 69aff18c5835..696d0263c39a 100644
--- a/pkg/common/salt-minion.service
+++ b/pkg/common/salt-minion.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Type=notify
 NotifyAccess=all
 LimitNOFILE=8192
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/salt-minion
+SELinuxContext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/pkg/old/deb/salt-minion.service b/pkg/old/deb/salt-minion.service
index 7e6cf1465495..b0ad82c13347 100644
--- a/pkg/old/deb/salt-minion.service
+++ b/pkg/old/deb/salt-minion.service
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ KillMode=process
 NotifyAccess=all
 LimitNOFILE=8192
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/salt-minion
+SELinuxContext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/pkg/old/suse/salt-minion.service b/pkg/old/suse/salt-minion.service
index 12f28314cb1b..b99ef063522a 100644
--- a/pkg/old/suse/salt-minion.service
+++ b/pkg/old/suse/salt-minion.service
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/salt-minion
 KillMode=process
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=15
+SELinuxContext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/pkg/old/suse/salt-minion.service.rhel7 b/pkg/old/suse/salt-minion.service.rhel7
index 691726771400..92cc66d32f44 100644
--- a/pkg/old/suse/salt-minion.service.rhel7
+++ b/pkg/old/suse/salt-minion.service.rhel7
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/salt-minion
 KillMode=process
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=15
+SELinuxContext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/tests/pytests/pkg/integration/test_systemd_config.py b/tests/pytests/pkg/integration/test_systemd_config.py
index 828e4413ad77..14c292705874 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/pkg/integration/test_systemd_config.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/pkg/integration/test_systemd_config.py
@@ -43,3 +43,18 @@ def test_system_config(grains):
             "systemctl show -p ${config} salt-minion.service", shell=True
         )
         assert ret == expected_retcode
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("salt_minion")
+def test_systemd_selinux_config(grains):
+    """
+    Test systemd selinux config
+    """
+    if grains["init"] == "systemd":
+        ret = subprocess.run(
+            "systemctl show -p SELinuxContext salt-minion.service",
+            shell=True,
+            check=False,
+            capture_output=True,
+        )
+        assert "system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0" in ret.stdout.decode()