diff --git a/changelog/63336.fixed.md b/changelog/63336.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0223a4b0d65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/63336.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix SELinux get policy with trailing whitespace
diff --git a/salt/modules/selinux.py b/salt/modules/selinux.py
index dbfa93928bf5..6b02900db190 100644
--- a/salt/modules/selinux.py
+++ b/salt/modules/selinux.py
@@ -477,8 +477,10 @@ def fcontext_get_policy(
     if filetype:
         _validate_filetype(filetype)
     re_spacer = "[ ]+"
+    re_optional_spacer = "[ |\t]*"
     cmd_kwargs = {
         "spacer": re_spacer,
+        "ospacer": re_optional_spacer,
         "filespec": re.escape(name),
         "sel_user": sel_user or "[^:]+",
         "sel_role": "[^:]+",  # se_role for file context is always object_r
@@ -490,7 +492,7 @@ def fcontext_get_policy(
     )
     cmd = (
         "semanage fcontext -l | egrep "
-        + "'^{filespec}{spacer}{filetype}{spacer}{sel_user}:{sel_role}:{sel_type}:{sel_level}$'".format(
+        + "'^{filespec}{spacer}{filetype}{spacer}{sel_user}:{sel_role}:{sel_type}:{sel_level}{ospacer}$'".format(
             **cmd_kwargs
         )
     )
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_selinux.py b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_selinux.py
index dd38b6721f57..05d3ca25e241 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_selinux.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_selinux.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def test_fcontext_get_policy_parsing():
         {
             "semanage_out": (
                 "/var/www(/.*)?     all files         "
-                " system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0"
+                " system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 "
             ),
             "name": "/var/www(/.*)?",
             "filetype": "all files",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def test_fcontext_get_policy_parsing():
         {
             "semanage_out": (
                 "/var/www(/.*)? all files         "
-                " system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0"
+                " system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0  "
             ),
             "name": "/var/www(/.*)?",
             "filetype": "all files",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def test_fcontext_get_policy_parsing():
         {
             "semanage_out": (
                 "/var/lib/dhcp3?                                    directory      "
-                "    system_u:object_r:dhcp_state_t:s0"
+                "    system_u:object_r:dhcp_state_t:s0	"
             ),
             "name": "/var/lib/dhcp3?",
             "filetype": "directory",