diff --git a/docker/heka/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/heka/Dockerfile.j2
index b5e8ea7f8e..64b669675b 100644
--- a/docker/heka/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/heka/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
 
 RUN yum -y install https://github.com/mozilla-services/heka/releases/download/v0.10.0/heka-0_10_0-linux-amd64.rpm \
-    && useradd heka
+    && useradd --user-group heka
 
 {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu'] %}