diff --git a/config/suricata/suricata.yaml b/config/suricata/suricata.yaml
index 8b4ab8c3b..3701fe9c6 100644
--- a/config/suricata/suricata.yaml
+++ b/config/suricata/suricata.yaml
@@ -268,6 +268,15 @@ asn1-max-frames: 256
 ##
 ##############################################################################
 
+##
+## Run Options
+##
+
+# Run suricata as user and group.
+run-as:
+  user: nobody
+  group: nobody
+
 # Suricata core dump configuration. Limits the size of the core dump file to
 # approximately max-dump. The actual core dump size will be a multiple of the
 # page size. Core dumps that would be larger than max-dump are truncated. On