diff --git a/7/Dockerfile.alpine b/7/Dockerfile.alpine
index c139c50..77b6af4 100644
--- a/7/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/7/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ COPY --from=builder / /
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+USER php
+
 STOPSIGNAL SIGQUIT
 
 CMD ["/usr/bin/php", "-v"]
diff --git a/7/scripts/alpine-setup.sh b/7/scripts/alpine-setup.sh
index 4c6cc98..fd69074 100644
--- a/7/scripts/alpine-setup.sh
+++ b/7/scripts/alpine-setup.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ SERVER_ROOT="/app"
 APP_ROOT="$SERVER_ROOT/htdocs"
 LOG_LEVEL="info"
 
-# Setup php flavor
+/usr/sbin/addgroup -g 10000 php ;
+/usr/sbin/adduser -D -u 10000 -G php -s /bin/sh -h $APP_ROOT php ;
 
+# Setup php flavor
 if [[ "$FLAVOR" == "debug" ]]; then
     LOG_LEVEL="debug"
     /sbin/apk add --update --no-cache php$PHP_VER_SHORT-dbg \