diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/build_container.sh b/llama_stack/distribution/build_container.sh
index c9b99d376..625c8cfc3 100755
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/build_container.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/build_container.sh
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ if [ -n "$LLAMA_MODELS_DIR" ]; then
   mounts="$mounts -v $(readlink -f $LLAMA_MODELS_DIR):$models_mount"
 fi
 
-# Disable SELinux labels -- we don't want to relabel the llama-stack source dir
-DOCKER_OPTS="$DOCKER_OPTS --security-opt label=disable"
+if command -v selinuxenabled &> /dev/null && selinuxenabled; then
+  # Disable SELinux labels -- we don't want to relabel the llama-stack source dir
+  DOCKER_OPTS="$DOCKER_OPTS --security-opt label=disable"
+fi
 
 set -x
 $DOCKER_BINARY build $DOCKER_OPTS -t $image_name -f "$TEMP_DIR/Dockerfile" "$REPO_DIR" $mounts
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/configure_container.sh b/llama_stack/distribution/configure_container.sh
index b7a5871ed..5f64531eb 100755
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/configure_container.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/configure_container.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ docker_image="$1"
 host_build_dir="$2"
 container_build_dir="/app/builds"
 
-# Disable SELinux labels
-DOCKER_OPTS="$DOCKER_OPTS --security-opt label=disable"
+if command -v selinuxenabled &> /dev/null && selinuxenabled; then
+  # Disable SELinux labels
+  DOCKER_OPTS="$DOCKER_OPTS --security-opt label=disable"
+fi
 
 mounts=""
 if [ -n "$LLAMA_STACK_DIR" ]; then
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/start_container.sh b/llama_stack/distribution/start_container.sh
index 39b019588..8533da7d1 100755
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/start_container.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/start_container.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ shift
 
 set -x
 
-# Disable SELinux labels
-DOCKER_OPTS="$DOCKER_OPTS --security-opt label=disable"
+if command -v selinuxenabled &> /dev/null && selinuxenabled; then
+  # Disable SELinux labels
+  DOCKER_OPTS="$DOCKER_OPTS --security-opt label=disable"
+fi
 
 mounts=""
 if [ -n "$LLAMA_STACK_DIR" ]; then