diff --git a/roles/deploy-env/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/deploy-env/defaults/main.yaml
index ecf923b435..67107f9f1e 100644
--- a/roles/deploy-env/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/deploy-env/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ kubeadm:
   service_cidr: "10.96.0.0/16"
 docker:
   root_path: /var/lib/docker
+docker_users:
+  - zuul
 containerd:
   root_path: /var/lib/containerd
 loopback_setup: false
diff --git a/roles/deploy-env/tasks/containerd.yaml b/roles/deploy-env/tasks/containerd.yaml
index a10cd2b53a..0e0b401ca1 100644
--- a/roles/deploy-env/tasks/containerd.yaml
+++ b/roles/deploy-env/tasks/containerd.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
     src: files/daemon.json
     dest: /etc/docker/daemon.json
 
+- name: Add users to docker group
+  command: "adduser {{ item }} docker"
+  loop: "{{ docker_users }}"
+
 - name: Restart docker
   service:
     name: docker