diff --git a/s6/alpine-root/etc/services.d/dnsmasq/run b/s6/alpine-root/etc/services.d/dnsmasq/run
index 9822237..7a19a39 100644
--- a/s6/alpine-root/etc/services.d/dnsmasq/run
+++ b/s6/alpine-root/etc/services.d/dnsmasq/run
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 s6-echo "Starting dnsmasq"
 
-s6-setuidgid dnsmasq dnsmasq -7 /etc/dnsmasq.d --no-daemon
+s6-setuidgid root dnsmasq -7 /etc/dnsmasq.d --no-daemon