diff --git a/pungi/phases/ostree_installer.py b/pungi/phases/ostree_installer.py
index 07aa6b31..12f62b25 100644
--- a/pungi/phases/ostree_installer.py
+++ b/pungi/phases/ostree_installer.py
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ class OstreeInstallerThread(WorkerThread):
                                         channel=runroot_channel,
                                         use_shell=True, task_id=True,
                                         packages=packages, mounts=[compose.topdir],
-                                        weight=compose.conf['runroot_weights'].get('ostree_installer'))
+                                        weight=compose.conf['runroot_weights'].get('ostree_installer'),
+                                        destdir=output_dir)
         output = koji.run_runroot_cmd(koji_cmd, log_file=log_file)
         if output["retcode"] != 0:
             raise RuntimeError("Runroot task failed: %s. See %s for more details."
diff --git a/pungi/wrappers/kojiwrapper.py b/pungi/wrappers/kojiwrapper.py
index f89640ca..b8d56791 100644
--- a/pungi/wrappers/kojiwrapper.py
+++ b/pungi/wrappers/kojiwrapper.py
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ class KojiWrapper(object):
     def _get_cmd(self, *args):
         return ["koji", "--profile=%s" % self.profile] + list(args)
 
-    def get_runroot_cmd(self, target, arch, command, quiet=False, use_shell=True, channel=None, packages=None, mounts=None, weight=None, task_id=True, new_chroot=False):
+    def get_runroot_cmd(self, target, arch, command, quiet=False, use_shell=True,
+                        channel=None, packages=None, mounts=None, weight=None,
+                        task_id=True, new_chroot=False, destdir=None):
         cmd = self._get_cmd("runroot")
 
         if quiet:
@@ -109,6 +111,9 @@ class KojiWrapper(object):
 
         # HACK: remove rpmdb and yum cache
         command = "rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*; rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*; set -x; " + command
+
+        if destdir:
+            command += "; chmod a+r %s" % shlex_quote(destdir)
         cmd.append(command)
 
         return cmd
diff --git a/tests/test_koji_wrapper.py b/tests/test_koji_wrapper.py
index 7bf13773..4a14aed6 100644
--- a/tests/test_koji_wrapper.py
+++ b/tests/test_koji_wrapper.py
@@ -416,6 +416,24 @@ class RunrootKojiWrapperTest(KojiWrapperBaseTestCase):
                                '--task-id', '--weight=1000', '--package=some_other_package',
                                '--package=lorax', '--mount=/tmp'])
 
+    def test_with_destdir(self):
+        cmd = self.koji.get_runroot_cmd('tgt', 's390x', ['/bin/echo', '&'],
+                                        quiet=True, channel='chan',
+                                        packages=['lorax', 'some_other_package'],
+                                        mounts=['/tmp'], weight=1000, destdir="/output dir")
+        self.assertEqual(len(cmd), 14)
+        self.assertEqual(cmd[:3], ['koji', '--profile=custom-koji', 'runroot'])
+        self.assertEqual(cmd[-3], 'tgt')
+        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 a+r '/output dir'"
+        )
+        self.assertItemsEqual(cmd[3:-3],
+                              ['--channel-override=chan', '--quiet', '--use-shell',
+                               '--task-id', '--weight=1000', '--package=some_other_package',
+                               '--package=lorax', '--mount=/tmp'])
+
     @mock.patch('pungi.wrappers.kojiwrapper.run')
     def test_run_runroot_cmd_no_task_id(self, run):
         cmd = ['koji', 'runroot']
diff --git a/tests/test_ostree_installer_phase.py b/tests/test_ostree_installer_phase.py
index a46222c4..dc2b11c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_ostree_installer_phase.py
+++ b/tests/test_ostree_installer_phase.py
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ class OstreeThreadTest(helpers.PungiTestCase):
                                     'rm -rf %s && %s' % (outdir, ' '.join(lorax_cmd)),
                                     channel=None, mounts=[self.topdir],
                                     packages=['pungi', 'lorax', 'ostree'],
-                                    task_id=True, use_shell=True, weight=weight)])
+                                    task_id=True, use_shell=True, weight=weight,
+                                    destdir=outdir)])
         self.assertEqual(koji.run_runroot_cmd.call_args_list,
                          [mock.call(koji.get_runroot_cmd.return_value,
                                     log_file='%s/%s/runroot.log' % (self.topdir, LOG_PATH))])