diff --git a/roles/rsyncd/files/rsync.default b/roles/rsyncd/files/rsync.default
index b5219fb3bc..40de2a3490 100644
--- a/roles/rsyncd/files/rsync.default
+++ b/roles/rsyncd/files/rsync.default
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ service rsync
         wait            = no
         user            = root
         server          = /usr/bin/rsync
-        server_args     = --daemon
+        server_args     = --daemon --numeric-ids
         log_on_failure  += USERID
 }