diff --git a/images/openvswitch/Dockerfile b/images/openvswitch/Dockerfile
index 6ee0a24..18da6b9 100644
--- a/images/openvswitch/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/openvswitch/Dockerfile
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@
     tcpdump
 dnf -y clean all
 rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
+usermod -u 42424 openvswitch
+groupmod -g 42424 openvswitch
 EOF
diff --git a/images/ovn/Dockerfile b/images/ovn/Dockerfile
index 8fdbf68..41561f0 100644
--- a/images/ovn/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ovn/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 EOF
 
 FROM ${REGISTRY}/openvswitch:${RELEASE}
+ENV OVS_USER_ID=42424
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 ADD --chmod=755 https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.29.3/bin/${TARGETPLATFORM}/kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 ARG OVN_SERIES=23.03
@@ -35,3 +36,9 @@
 COPY --from=ovn-kubernetes --link /src/dist/images/ovndb-raft-functions.sh /root/ovndb-raft-functions.sh
 COPY --from=ovn-kubernetes --link /src/dist/images/ovnkube.sh /root/ovnkube.sh
 COPY --from=ovn-kubernetes --link /usr/bin/ovn-kube-util /usr/bin/ovn-kube-util
+
+RUN <<EOF bash -xe
+    usermod -u 42424 openvswitch
+    mkdir -p  /var/log/ovn /var/lib/ovn /var/run/ovn
+    chown -Rv 42424:42424 /var/log/ovn /var/lib/ovn /var/run/ovn
+EOF