diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
index 8d5d53a..0210fa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: |
-          RUNNER_IMG=localhost/kantra:latest go test ./...
+          RUNNER_IMG=localhost/kantra:latest DISABLE_RELABEL=true go test ./...
       
       - name: Fetch sample applications
         run: |
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run analysis test and copy output
         run: |
-          RUNNER_IMG=localhost/kantra:latest ./kantra analyze --input $(pwd)/example-applications/example-1/ --output ./output/ --rules ./test-data/jni-native-code-test.windup.xml --target cloud-readiness
+          RUNNER_IMG=localhost/kantra:latest DISABLE_RELABEL=true ./kantra analyze --input $(pwd)/example-applications/example-1/ --output ./output/ --rules ./test-data/jni-native-code-test.windup.xml --target cloud-readiness
       
       # TODO (pgaikwad): Change this to a yaml test and run `kantra test`
       - name: Fail if analysis output does not match expected
diff --git a/cmd/analyze.go b/cmd/analyze.go
index cbb07a7..d456526 100644
--- a/cmd/analyze.go
+++ b/cmd/analyze.go
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ func (a *analyzeCommand) RunProviders(ctx context.Context, networkName string, v
 		container.WithDetachedMode(true),
 		container.WithCleanup(a.cleanup),
 		container.WithNetwork(networkName),
+		container.WithSELinuxRelabel(!Settings.DisableSelRelabel),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		err := a.retryProviderContainer(ctx, networkName, volName, providers, retry)
@@ -939,6 +940,7 @@ func (a *analyzeCommand) RunAnalysis(ctx context.Context, xmlOutputDir string, v
 		container.WithNetwork(fmt.Sprintf("container:%v", a.providerContainerNames[0])),
 		container.WithContainerToolBin(Settings.PodmanBinary),
 		container.WithCleanup(a.cleanup),
+		container.WithSELinuxRelabel(!Settings.DisableSelRelabel),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/settings.go b/cmd/settings.go
index 15cd3bf..df1a8c9 100644
--- a/cmd/settings.go
+++ b/cmd/settings.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	RunnerImage          string `env:"RUNNER_IMG" default:"quay.io/konveyor/kantra"`
 	JvmMaxMem            string `env:"JVM_MAX_MEM" default:""`
 	RunLocal             bool   `env:"RUN_LOCAL"`
+	DisableSelRelabel    bool   `env:"DISABLE_RELABEL"`
 	JavaProviderImage    string `env:"JAVA_PROVIDER_IMG" default:"quay.io/konveyor/java-external-provider:latest"`
 	GenericProviderImage string `env:"GENERIC_PROVIDER_IMG" default:"quay.io/konveyor/generic-external-provider:latest"`
 	DotNetProviderImage  string `env:"DOTNET_PROVIDER_IMG" default:"quay.io/konveyor/dotnet-external-provider:latest"`
diff --git a/pkg/container/container.go b/pkg/container/container.go
index 1c6d974..03976e3 100644
--- a/pkg/container/container.go
+++ b/pkg/container/container.go
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 type container struct {
-	stdout         []io.Writer
-	stderr         []io.Writer
-	Name           string
-	image          string
-	NetworkName    string
-	entrypointBin  string
-	entrypointArgs []string
-	workdir        string
-	env            map[string]string
+	stdout               []io.Writer
+	stderr               []io.Writer
+	Name                 string
+	image                string
+	NetworkName          string
+	entrypointBin        string
+	entrypointArgs       []string
+	workdir              string
+	env                  map[string]string
+	enableSelinuxRelabel bool
 	// whether to delete container after run()
 	cleanup bool
 	// map of source -> dest paths to mount
@@ -136,6 +137,12 @@ func WithReproduceCmd(r *string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithSELinuxRelabel(r bool) Option {
+	return func(c *container) {
+		c.enableSelinuxRelabel = r
+	}
+}
+
 func RandomName() string {
 	rand.Seed(int64(time.Now().Nanosecond()))
 	charset := "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
@@ -148,15 +155,16 @@ func RandomName() string {
 
 func NewContainer() *container {
 	return &container{
-		image:            "",
-		containerToolBin: "podman",
-		entrypointArgs:   []string{},
-		volumes:          make(map[string]string),
-		stdout:           []io.Writer{os.Stdout},
-		env:              map[string]string{},
-		stderr:           []io.Writer{os.Stderr},
-		Name:             RandomName(),
-		NetworkName:      "",
+		image:                "",
+		containerToolBin:     "podman",
+		entrypointArgs:       []string{},
+		volumes:              make(map[string]string),
+		stdout:               []io.Writer{os.Stdout},
+		env:                  map[string]string{},
+		stderr:               []io.Writer{os.Stderr},
+		enableSelinuxRelabel: true,
+		Name:                 RandomName(),
+		NetworkName:          "",
 		// by default, remove the container after run()
 		cleanup:  true,
 		cFlag:    false,
@@ -199,7 +207,7 @@ func (c *container) Run(ctx context.Context, opts ...Option) error {
 	}
 	for sourcePath, destPath := range c.volumes {
 		args = append(args, "-v")
-		if os == "linux" {
+		if os == "linux" && c.enableSelinuxRelabel {
 			args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:z",
 				filepath.Clean(sourcePath), path.Clean(destPath)))
 		} else {