diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 797debea..b47b3be2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ The following people (in alphabetical order) have contributed:
  * Oliver Amann - Code, testing, documentation
  * Locria Cyber - Code, documentation
  * q66 - Code, testing, documentation.
+ * Rahul Sandhu - Code
diff --git a/build/Makefile b/build/Makefile
index a8b51a78..1eda7d86 100644
--- a/build/Makefile
+++ b/build/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ includes/mconfig.h: ../mconfig tools/mconfig-gen.cc version.conf
 		DEFAULT_STOP_TIMEOUT=$(DEFAULT_STOP_TIMEOUT) \
 		$(if $(SUPPORT_CGROUPS),SUPPORT_CGROUPS=$(SUPPORT_CGROUPS),) \
 		$(if $(USE_UTMPX),USE_UTMPX=$(USE_UTMPX),) \
-		$(if $(USE_INITGROUPS),USE_INITGROUPS=$(USE_INITGROUPS),) > includes/mconfig.h
+		$(if $(USE_INITGROUPS),USE_INITGROUPS=$(USE_INITGROUPS),) \
+                $(if $(SUPPORT_SELINUX),SUPPORT_SELINUX=$(SUPPORT_SELINUX),) > includes/mconfig.h
 
 clean:
 	rm -f includes/mconfig.h
diff --git a/build/mconfig.mesontemplate b/build/mconfig.mesontemplate
index a7a6d1fb..435fc60b 100644
--- a/build/mconfig.mesontemplate
+++ b/build/mconfig.mesontemplate
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #mesondefine USE_UTMPX
 #mesondefine USE_INITGROUPS
 #mesondefine SUPPORT_CGROUPS
+#mesondefine SUPPORT_SELINUX
 #mesondefine DEFAULT_AUTO_RESTART
 #mesondefine DEFAULT_START_TIMEOUT
 #mesondefine DEFAULT_STOP_TIMEOUT
diff --git a/build/tools/mconfig-gen.cc b/build/tools/mconfig-gen.cc
index d20ea117..324d0d07 100644
--- a/build/tools/mconfig-gen.cc
+++ b/build/tools/mconfig-gen.cc
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (vars.find("DEFAULT_AUTO_RESTART") != vars.end()) {
         cout << "#define DEFAULT_AUTO_RESTART " << vars["DEFAULT_AUTO_RESTART"] << "\n";
     }
+    if (vars.find("SUPPORT_SELINUX") != vars.end()) {
+        cout << "#define SUPPORT_SELINUX " << vars["SUPPORT_SELINUX"] << "\n";
+    }
 
     cout << "\n// Constants\n";
     cout << "\nconstexpr static char DINIT_VERSION[] = " << stringify(vars["VERSION"]) << ";\n";
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 365c32a8..b58b2484 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ Optional options:
   --disable-utmpx                   Disable manipulating the utmp/utmpx database via the related POSIX functions
   --enable-initgroups               Enable initialization of supplementary groups for run-as [Enabled]
   --disable-initgroups              Disable initialization of supplementary groups for run-as
+  --enable-selinux                  Enable SELinux support [Enabled only on Linux based systems]
   --enable-auto-restart             Enable auto-restart for services by default [Deprecated]
   --disable-auto-restart            Disable auto-restart for services by default [Deprecated]
   --default-start-timeout=sec       Default start-timeout for services [60]
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ for var in PREFIX \
            SUPPORT_CGROUPS \
            USE_UTMPX \
            USE_INITGROUPS \
+           SUPPORT_SELINUX \
            SYSCONTROLSOCKET \
            STRIPOPTS
 do
@@ -243,6 +245,8 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
         --disable-utmpx|--enable-utmpx=no) USE_UTMPX=0 ;;
         --enable-initgroups|--enable-initgroups=yes) USE_INITGROUPS=1 ;;
         --disable-initgroups|--enable-initgroups=no) USE_INITGROUPS=0 ;;
+        --enable-selinux|--enable-selinux=yes) SUPPORT_SELINUX=1 ;;
+        --disable-selinux|--enable-selinux=no) SUPPORT_SELINUX=0 ;;
         --enable-auto-restart|--enable-auto-restart=yes) DEFAULT_AUTO_RESTART=ALWAYS ;; # Deprecated
         --disable-auto-restart|--enable-auto-restart=no) DEFAULT_AUTO_RESTART=NEVER ;; # Deprecated
         --enable-strip|--enable-strip=yes) STRIPOPTS="-s" ;;
@@ -275,6 +279,7 @@ done
 : "${DEFAULT_START_TIMEOUT:="60"}"
 : "${DEFAULT_STOP_TIMEOUT:="10"}"
 : "${USE_INITGROUPS:="1"}"
+: "${SUPPORT_SELINUX:="0"}"
 if [ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]; then
     : "${BUILD_SHUTDOWN:="yes"}"
     : "${SUPPORT_CGROUPS:="1"}"
@@ -380,6 +385,9 @@ fi
 if [ "$AUTO_LDFLAGS_BASE" = true ] && [ "$PLATFORM" = FreeBSD ]; then
     try_ld_argument LDFLAGS_BASE -lrt
 fi
+if [ "$AUTO_LDFLAGS_BASE" = true ] && [ "$SUPPORT_SELINUX" = "1" ]; then
+    try_ld_argument LDFLAGS_BASE -lselinux
+fi
 if [ "$AUTO_TEST_LDFLAGS_BASE" = true ]; then
     TEST_LDFLAGS_BASE="\$(LDFLAGS_BASE)"
     established_TEST_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_BASE"
@@ -467,6 +475,7 @@ STRIPOPTS=$STRIPOPTS
 # Feature settings
 SUPPORT_CGROUPS=$SUPPORT_CGROUPS
 USE_INITGROUPS=$USE_INITGROUPS
+SUPPORT_SELINUX=$SUPPORT_SELINUX
 
 # Optional settings
 SHUTDOWN_PREFIX=${SHUTDOWN_PREFIX:-}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 96e1a0f9..2cbef24f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ man_pages = get_option('man-pages')
 support_cgroups = get_option('support-cgroups')
 use_utmpx = get_option('use-utmpx')
 use_initgroups = get_option('use-initgroups')
+libselinux = dependency('libselinux', version : '>= 2.1.9', required : get_option('selinux'))
 default_auto_restart = get_option('default-auto-restart')
 default_start_timeout = get_option('default-start-timeout').to_string()
 default_stop_timeout = get_option('default-stop-timeout').to_string()
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ mconfig_data.set('DEFAULT_AUTO_RESTART', default_auto_restart)
 mconfig_data.set('DEFAULT_START_TIMEOUT', default_start_timeout)
 mconfig_data.set('DEFAULT_STOP_TIMEOUT', default_stop_timeout)
 mconfig_data.set10('USE_INITGROUPS', use_initgroups)
+mconfig_data.set10('SUPPORT_SELINUX', libselinux.found())
 if support_cgroups.auto() and platform == 'linux' or support_cgroups.enabled()
     mconfig_data.set('SUPPORT_CGROUPS', '1') 
 endif
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 617669ec..1cc8179d 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -91,3 +91,9 @@ option(
     value : 'auto',
     description : 'Building shutdown/reboot/soft-reboot/halt or not.'
 )
+option(
+    'selinux',
+    type : 'feature',
+    value : 'auto',
+    description : 'SELinux support'
+)
diff --git a/src/dinit.cc b/src/dinit.cc
index d2d0510d..b6473a93 100644
--- a/src/dinit.cc
+++ b/src/dinit.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 
 #include "mconfig.h"
 
+#if SUPPORT_SELINUX
+#include <selinux/avc.h>
+#include <selinux/label.h>
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
+#endif
+
 /*
  * When running as the system init process, Dinit processes the following signals:
  *
@@ -453,6 +459,71 @@ static int process_commandline_arg(char **argv, int argc, int &i, options &opts)
     return 0;
 }
 
+bool selinux_transition(const char *exe) {
+#if SUPPORT_SELINUX
+    using std::cerr;
+    using std::endl;
+
+    char *current_context = nullptr;
+    char *file_context = nullptr;
+    security_class_t security_class;
+    char *new_context = nullptr;
+
+    if (is_selinux_enabled() == 1) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    int enforce = 0;
+    if (selinux_init_load_policy(&enforce) != 0) {
+        if (enforce > 0) {
+            cerr << "Failed to load SELinux policy." << endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool ret = true;
+    if (getcon_raw(&current_context) < 0) {
+        ret = false;
+        cerr << "Failed to get current context: " << strerror(errno) << endl;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (getfilecon_raw(exe, &file_context) < 0) {
+        ret = false;
+        cerr << "Failed to get file context for " << exe << ": " << strerror(errno) << endl;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    security_class = string_to_security_class("process");
+    if (security_class == 0) {
+        ret = false;
+        cerr << "Failed to get security class for process" << endl;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (security_compute_create_raw(current_context, file_context, security_class, &new_context) < 0) {
+        ret = false;
+        cerr << "Failed to compute create context: " << strerror(errno) << endl;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (setcon_raw(new_context) < 0) {
+        ret = false;
+        cerr << "Failed to set exec context to " << new_context << ": " << strerror(errno) << endl;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+cleanup:
+    if (current_context) freecon(current_context);
+    if (file_context) freecon(file_context);
+    if (new_context) freecon(new_context);
+    selinux_status_close();
+    return ret;
+#else
+    return true;
+#endif
+}
+
 // Main entry point
 int dinit_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -461,6 +532,8 @@ int dinit_main(int argc, char **argv)
     am_system_mgr = (getpid() == 1);
     am_system_init = (getuid() == 0);
     
+    if (am_system_mgr && am_system_init && !selinux_transition(argv[0])) return 1;
+
     struct options opts;
 
     // if we are PID 1 and user id 0, we are *most probably* the system init. (Or on linux at least, we
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 75b3aced..e0154f5f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ dinit_source_files = [
     'dinit-env.cc',
     'settings.cc'
 ]
+dinit_dependencies = []
+
+if libselinux.found()
+    dinit_dependencies += libselinux
+endif
+
 
 ## src/'s Defines
 shutdown_built = false
@@ -40,7 +46,8 @@ endif
 executable(
     'dinit',
     dinit_source_files,
-    kwargs: misc_args
+    kwargs: misc_args,
+    dependencies: dinit_dependencies
 )
 executable(
     'dinitctl',