diff --git a/gerrit/Dockerfile.entrypoint b/gerrit/Dockerfile.entrypoint
index 6aa141b..3aa8ae1 100644
--- a/gerrit/Dockerfile.entrypoint
+++ b/gerrit/Dockerfile.entrypoint
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # Allows us to bind mount arbitrary owned files
-chown -R gerrit:gerrit /var/gerrit/{logs,etc,db,git,index,cache}/
+chown -R gerrit:gerrit /var/gerrit/{logs,etc,db,git,index,cache,passwd}/
 
 # Drop privileges as we set `USER root` only to change file permissions
 exec setpriv --reuid=gerrit --regid=gerrit --init-groups --inh-caps=-all /unprivileged.sh "$@"