diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index f7d1c7c..1c75392 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 set -e
 
 if [ "$1" = '/ucentral/ucentralsec' -a "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
-    chown -R "$UCENTRALSEC_USER": "$UCENTRALSEC_ROOT" "$UCENTRALSEC_CONFIG"
+    if [ "$RUN_CHOWN" = 'true' ]; then
+      chown -R "$UCENTRALSEC_USER": "$UCENTRALSEC_ROOT" "$UCENTRALSEC_CONFIG"
+    fi
     exec su-exec "$UCENTRALSEC_USER" "$@"
 fi