diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml.sample b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
index 9881581336..325846ebe0 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ dummy:
 #    CONTAINER_IMAGE: "{{ ceph_docker_registry }}/{{ ceph_docker_image }}:{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }}"
 #    TCMALLOC_MAX_TOTAL_THREAD_CACHE_BYTES: "{{ ceph_tcmalloc_max_total_thread_cache }}"
 #  args:
+#    - --setuser=ceph
+#    - --setgroup=ceph
 #    - --default-log-to-file=false
 #    - --default-log-to-stderr=true
 #    - --default-log-stderr-prefix="debug "
diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
index 8ab19b402a..09904f9adc 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ ceph_common_container_params:
     CONTAINER_IMAGE: "{{ ceph_docker_registry }}/{{ ceph_docker_image }}:{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }}"
     TCMALLOC_MAX_TOTAL_THREAD_CACHE_BYTES: "{{ ceph_tcmalloc_max_total_thread_cache }}"
   args:
+    - --setuser=ceph
+    - --setgroup=ceph
     - --default-log-to-file=false
     - --default-log-to-stderr=true
     - --default-log-stderr-prefix="debug "