diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
index 54f8bb6a56..324ae6d82a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ $ModLoad imklog   # kernel logging (formerly provided by rklogd)
 #
 # Set the default permissions
 #
+$FileOwner root
+$FileGroup adm
 $FileCreateMode 0640
 $DirCreateMode 0755
 $Umask 0022