diff --git a/rockcraft.yaml b/rockcraft.yaml
index 4b4e271..18b8a66 100644
--- a/rockcraft.yaml
+++ b/rockcraft.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ parts:
     source-branch: "v1.60.0"
     build-snaps:
       - go/1.21/stable
+  non-root-user:
+    plugin: nil
+    after: [redis]
+    overlay-script: |
+      # Create a user in the $CRAFT_OVERLAY chroot
+      groupadd -R $CRAFT_OVERLAY -g 1000 redis
+      useradd -R $CRAFT_OVERLAY -M -r -g redis -u 1000 redis