diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index c484139087..3b3c497087 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # pre-create copr user and group with predefined uid and gid
 - group: name=copr gid=986
-- user: name=copr group=copr uid=989
+- user: name=copr group=copr uid=989 groups=obsrun
 
 - name: install copr-backend and copr-selinux
   dnf:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/sign.conf b/roles/copr/backend/templates/sign.conf
index 1feebf3057..b6859773e9 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/sign.conf
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/sign.conf
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 server: {{ keygen_host }}
+allowuser: copr