diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-scheduler.service b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-scheduler.service
index 6d123ed921f..7ca88417e8f 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-scheduler.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-scheduler.service
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Documentation=https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/kubernetes/config
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/kubernetes/apiserver
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/kubernetes/scheduler
+User=kube
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/kube-scheduler \
 	    ${KUBE_LOGTOSTDERR} \
 	    ${KUBE_LOG_LEVEL} \