diff --git a/roles/vagrant_workarounds/tasks/main.yml b/roles/vagrant_workarounds/tasks/main.yml
index 280e1e496..508045424 100644
--- a/roles/vagrant_workarounds/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/vagrant_workarounds/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,14 @@
   shell: rm -f /boot/*-generic.img
   when:
     - ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+
+# workaround for broken libsemanage due to https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-55414
+- name: don't install broken libsemanage on EL9
+  community.general.ini_file:
+    path: /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
+    section: main
+    option: excludepkgs
+    value: 'libsemanage-3.6-2.*,python3-libsemanage-3.6-2.*'
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version == '9'