diff --git a/cronie-1.5.2-context-role.patch b/cronie-1.5.2-context-role.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b30a4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cronie-1.5.2-context-role.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 1f866530f5b3c49012c61b299f3c4e1dceff2a71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
+Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:25:58 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Use the role from the crond context for system job contexts.
+
+New SELinux policy added multiple roles for the system_u user on crond_t.
+The default context returned from get_default_context_with_level() is now
+unconfined_t instead of system_cronjob_t which is incorrect for system cron
+jobs.
+We use the role to limit the default context to system_cronjob_t.
+---
+ src/security.c | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/security.c b/src/security.c
+index d1bdc7f..5213cf3 100644
+--- a/src/security.c
++++ b/src/security.c
+@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ get_security_context(const char *name, int crontab_fd,
+ 		retval = get_default_context_with_level(seuser, level, NULL, &scontext);
+ 	}
+ 	else {
++		const char *current_user, *current_role;
+ 		if (getcon(&current_context_str) < 0) {
+ 			log_it(name, getpid(), "getcon FAILED", "", 0);
+ 			return (security_getenforce() > 0);
+@@ -517,8 +518,9 @@ get_security_context(const char *name, int crontab_fd,
+ 			return (security_getenforce() > 0);
+ 		}
+ 
+-		const char *current_user = context_user_get(current_context);
+-		retval = get_default_context_with_level(current_user, level, NULL, &scontext);
++		current_user = context_user_get(current_context);
++		current_role = context_role_get(current_context);
++		retval = get_default_context_with_rolelevel(current_user, current_role, level, NULL, &scontext);
+ 
+ 		freecon(current_context_str);
+ 		context_free(current_context);
+-- 
+2.14.5
+
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index f135171..1325997 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 Summary:   Cron daemon for executing programs at set times
 Name:      cronie
 Version:   1.5.2
-Release:   2%{?dist}
+Release:   3%{?dist}
 License:   MIT and BSD and ISC and GPLv2+
 Group:     System Environment/Base
 URL:       https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie
 Source0:   https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie/releases/download/cronie-%{version}/cronie-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:    cronie-1.5.2-context-role.patch
 
 Requires:  dailyjobs
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ extra features.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1 -b .context-role
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -204,6 +206,9 @@ exit 0
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cron.d/dailyjobs
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 31 2018 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 1.5.2-3
+- use role from the current context for system crontabs (#1639381)
+
 * Thu Jul 12 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.2-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild