diff --git a/pungi/wrappers/kojiwrapper.py b/pungi/wrappers/kojiwrapper.py
index c69af800..3cd9ac97 100644
--- a/pungi/wrappers/kojiwrapper.py
+++ b/pungi/wrappers/kojiwrapper.py
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ class KojiWrapper(object):
         command = "rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*; rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*; set -x; " + command
 
         if destdir:
+            # Make the files world readable
             command += " && chmod -R a+r %s" % shlex_quote(destdir)
+            # and owned by the same user that is running the process
+            command += " && chown -R %d %s" % (os.getuid(), shlex_quote(destdir))
         cmd.append(command)
 
         return cmd
diff --git a/tests/test_koji_wrapper.py b/tests/test_koji_wrapper.py
index e99cc137..34d8b3a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_koji_wrapper.py
+++ b/tests/test_koji_wrapper.py
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ class RunrootKojiWrapperTest(KojiWrapperBaseTestCase):
                                '--task-id', '--weight=1000', '--package=some_other_package',
                                '--package=lorax', '--mount=/tmp'])
 
+    @mock.patch("os.getuid", new=lambda: 1010)
     def test_with_destdir(self):
         cmd = self.koji.get_runroot_cmd('tgt', 's390x', ['/bin/echo', '&'],
                                         quiet=True, channel='chan',
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ class RunrootKojiWrapperTest(KojiWrapperBaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(cmd[-2], 's390x')
         self.assertEqual(
             cmd[-1],
-            "rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*; rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*; set -x; /bin/echo '&' && chmod -R a+r '/output dir'"
+            "rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*; rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*; set -x; /bin/echo '&' && chmod -R a+r '/output dir' && chown -R 1010 '/output dir'"
         )
         self.assertItemsEqual(cmd[3:-3],
                               ['--channel-override=chan', '--quiet', '--use-shell',