diff --git a/guest-overlay/tasks/main.yml b/guest-overlay/tasks/main.yml
index d9edd61500a76132ed450f4aee693f0679371df2..37d25e11607b2f3864363766e3a66db59f8a6250 100644
--- a/guest-overlay/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/guest-overlay/tasks/main.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     - mount
 
 - name: ensure the squasfs is created
-  local_action: command mksquashfs "{{ role_path }}/files/provision" "{{ role_path }}/files/provision.squashfs"
+  local_action: command mksquashfs "{{ role_path }}/files/provision" "{{ role_path }}/files/provision.squashfs" -force-uid 1000 -force-gid 1000
   run_once: True
   tags:
     - guest-overlay