diff --git a/QA.sh b/QA.sh
index 8694593..1861a87 100755
--- a/QA.sh
+++ b/QA.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ if [ "$CPU_MODEL" = "" ]; then
 	CPU_MODEL=Opteron_G1
 fi
 
-appendLine="console=0 nobootprompt=tcp maxcores=1024 fs=10.0.2.2 auth=10.0.2.2 nvram=/boot/nvram nvrlen=512 nvroff=0 $KAPPEND"
+QEMU_USER=`whoami`
+
+appendLine="console=0 nobootprompt=tcp maxcores=1024 fs=10.0.2.2 auth=10.0.2.2 nvram=/boot/nvram nvrlen=512 nvroff=0 qemu-user=$QEMU_USER $KAPPEND"
 appendLine="-append '$appendLine'"
 kernelLine="-kernel $KERNEL $*"
 if [ "$DISK" = "" ]; then
diff --git a/runOver9P.sh b/runOver9P.sh
index 3d831cb..ba0708c 100755
--- a/runOver9P.sh
+++ b/runOver9P.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ if [ "$NCPU" = "" ]; then
 	NCPU=4
 fi
 
+QEMU_USER=`whoami`
+
 cd $KERNDIR
 read -r cmd <<EOF
 $kvmdo qemu-system-x86_64 -s -cpu Haswell -smp $NCPU -m 2048 $kvmflag \
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ $bootDisk \
 -redir tcp:17010::17010 \
 -redir tcp:17013::17013 \
 $usbDev \
--append "maxcores=1024 nvram=$NVRAM nvrlen=512 nvroff=0 console=0 *acpi= $FS $KAPPEND" \
+-append "maxcores=1024 nvram=$NVRAM nvrlen=512 nvroff=0 console=0 qemu-user=$QEMU_USER *acpi= $FS $KAPPEND" \
 -initrd ./initrd \
 -kernel $KERNEL $*
 EOF