diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 015c49f..cc2ed3a 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ fi
 
 AC_SUBST(HTTP_USER)
 AC_SUBST(HTTP_GROUP)
-HTTP_INSTALL_OPTS="-o $HTTP_USER -g $HTTP_GROUP"
+HTTP_INSTALL_OPTS=""
 AC_SUBST(HTTP_INSTALL_OPTS)
 
 dnl override the http server config directory, if requested
diff --git a/debian/patches/http_install_opts b/debian/patches/http_install_opts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6452966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/http_install_opts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2025-08-06 19:30:22.573823141 +0200
++++ configure.ac	2025-08-06 19:30:47.889542873 +0200
+@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
+ 
+ AC_SUBST(HTTP_USER)
+ AC_SUBST(HTTP_GROUP)
+-HTTP_INSTALL_OPTS="-o $HTTP_USER -g $HTTP_GROUP"
++HTTP_INSTALL_OPTS=""
+ AC_SUBST(HTTP_INSTALL_OPTS)
+ 
+ dnl override the http server config directory, if requested
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index a3c9b01..62a100d 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ fix-nagios-url
 adjust-template-path
 config_instances
 install_opts
+http_install_opts
 hardening
 pnp-metrics-api