diff --git a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
index 58a69bc7c82414e7e378ba523db8f7874d47c378..5dd774c316b215fc7498a2ea79737d4f761b09e2 100644
--- a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 - name: install slurmdb.conf
   copy: src=files/slurmdbd.conf dest={{ slurm_dir }}/etc/slurmdbd.conf
+  owner: slurm
+  group: slurm
   mode: u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is defined
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@
 - name: install slurmdbd.conf
   copy: src=slurmdbd.conf dest=/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf
   mode: u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx
+  owner: slurm
+  group: slurm
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is not defined