diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 05a679bfa7c..35c3361e3a7 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ case "$1" in
         PLUGIN_PATH=/var/lib/dokku/plugins plugn enable $plugin
       fi
     done
+    chown dokku:dokku -R /var/lib/dokku/plugins /var/lib/dokku/core-plugins
 
     dokku plugin:install --core