diff --git a/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_gio_module_cache b/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_gio_module_cache
index fe468092cf..92092f2144 100644
--- a/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_gio_module_cache
+++ b/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_gio_module_cache
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set -e
 PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 qemuwrapper -L $D -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$D${libdir}:$D${base_libdir} \
         $D${libexecdir}/${binprefix}gio-querymodules $D${libdir}/gio/modules/
 
+chown root:root $D${libdir}/gio/modules/giomodule.cache
+