By using a special t-level relation U(μ, t) = {(x, y) ∈ S × S|(μ(x) ∧ μ(y)) ∨ IdS(x, y) ≥ t} based on a fuzzy ideal μ of a semigroup S, which is a congruence relation, we study the roughness of soft semigroups under this special ideal of S, such as rough soft subsemigroups, rough soft ideals and rough soft prime ideals.