diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1766 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1766
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d8e312dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1766
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Enhancement: restore: suppress lchown errors when not running as root
+
+Like "cp" and "rsync" do, restic now only reports errors for changing
+the ownership of files during restore if it is run as root, on non-Windows
+operating systems. On Windows, the error is reported as usual.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1766
diff --git a/internal/restic/node.go b/internal/restic/node.go
index cec7938e5..c8b089791 100644
--- a/internal/restic/node.go
+++ b/internal/restic/node.go
@@ -186,7 +186,16 @@ func (node Node) restoreMetadata(path string) error {
 	var firsterr error
 
 	if err := lchown(path, int(node.UID), int(node.GID)); err != nil {
-		firsterr = errors.Wrap(err, "Lchown")
+		// Like "cp -a" and "rsync -a" do, we only report lchown permission errors
+		// if we run as root.
+		// On Windows, Geteuid always returns -1, and we always report lchown
+		// permission errors.
+		if os.Geteuid() > 0 && os.IsPermission(err) {
+			debug.Log("not running as root, ignoring lchown permission error for %v: %v",
+				path, err)
+		} else {
+			firsterr = errors.Wrap(err, "Lchown")
+		}
 	}
 
 	if node.Type != "symlink" {