diff --git a/extra/dhcpcd/build b/extra/dhcpcd/build
index 5e4235c7..4dfd8589 100755
--- a/extra/dhcpcd/build
+++ b/extra/dhcpcd/build
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
     --prefix=/usr \
     --sbindir=/usr/bin \
     --sysconfdir=/etc \
-    --rundir=/run
+    --rundir=/run \
+    --privsepuser=root
 
 make
 make DESTDIR="$1" install