diff --git a/configuration/rescue-cd.nix b/configuration/rescue-cd.nix
index 65a99c7bbea6..8ee8708e55ff 100644
--- a/configuration/rescue-cd.nix
+++ b/configuration/rescue-cd.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ rec {
               tar xjf /nixpkgs.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos
               mv /etc/nixos/nixpkgs-* /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
               ln -sfn ../nixpkgs/pkgs /etc/nixos/nixos/pkgs
+              chown -R root.root /etc/nixos
             end script
           ";
         }