diff --git a/classes/image-oci-umoci.inc b/classes/image-oci-umoci.inc
index c77750fb..9bd154fb 100644
--- a/classes/image-oci-umoci.inc
+++ b/classes/image-oci-umoci.inc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD:oci() {
 
     bbdebug 1 "OCI: populating rootfs"
     bbdebug 1 "OCI: cp -r ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/* $image_bundle_name/rootfs/"
-    cp -r ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/* $image_bundle_name/rootfs
+    cp -r -a --no-preserve=ownership ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/* $image_bundle_name/rootfs
 
     bbdebug 1 "OCI: umoci repack --image $image_name:${OCI_IMAGE_TAG} $image_bundle_name"
     umoci repack --image $image_name:${OCI_IMAGE_TAG} $image_bundle_name