diff --git a/roleproxy.service b/roleproxy.service
index 2c53b28..6302c0a 100644
--- a/roleproxy.service
+++ b/roleproxy.service
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 Description=Salt NetBox Role Proxy
 
 [Service]
-User=roleproxy
+User=_roleproxy
+Group=_roleproxy
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/roleproxy
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/roleproxy.py
 ProtectSystem=strict
diff --git a/system-user-roleproxy.conf b/system-user-roleproxy.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2117739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-user-roleproxy.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file is shipped as part of the salt-netbox-roleproxy package.
+# Author: Georg Pfuetzenreuter <mail+rpm@georg-pfuetzenreuter.net>
+u _roleproxy - "Salt NetBox Role Proxy" /var/lib/empty -