diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/512.yml b/changelogs/fragments/512.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2bff0fc1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/512.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - selinux - use compat.selinux instead of selinux (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/502).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/selinux.py b/plugins/modules/selinux.py
index 41c51d0d05..14510b67b1 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/selinux.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/selinux.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
 SELINUX_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
-    import selinux
+    from ansible.module_utils.compat import selinux
     HAS_SELINUX = True
 except ImportError:
     SELINUX_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()