diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 28cf7e3..945613c 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun  9 09:38:44 MDT 2011 - jfehlig@novell.com
+
+- Invoke qemu instances as user:group qemu:qemu by default
+  bnc#694883
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  6 11:40:13 MDT 2011 - jfehlig@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index f9c4120..da45c04 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@
 %define with_nwfilter      0%{!?_without_nwfilter:%{server_drivers}}
 %define with_libpcap       0%{!?_without_libpcap:%{server_drivers}}
 %define with_macvtap       0%{!?_without_macvtap:%{server_drivers}}
+%define qemu_user          qemu
+%define qemu_group         qemu
+%else
+%define qemu_user          root
+%define qemu_group         root
 %endif
 %endif
 
@@ -588,6 +593,8 @@ export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
            %{?_without_libpcap} \
            --libexecdir=%{_libdir}/%{name} \
            --with-remote-pid-file=%{_localstatedir}/run/libvirtd.pid \
+           --with-qemu-user=%{qemu_user} \
+           --with-qemu-group=%{qemu_group} \
            --with-init-script=redhat \
            ac_cv_path_MODPROBE=/sbin/modprobe \
            ac_cv_path_UDEVADM=/sbin/udevadm \
@@ -742,8 +749,8 @@ fi
 %if %{with_qemu}
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd.qemu
-%dir %attr(0750, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/
-%dir %attr(0750, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/cache/libvirt/qemu/
+%dir %attr(0750, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/
+%dir %attr(0750, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/cache/libvirt/qemu/
 %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/log/libvirt/qemu/
 %endif
 %if %{with_lxc}