diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 08f88bc4..797e3b98 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ WORKDIR /workdir
 RUN set -eux; \
   addgroup -g 1000 yq; \
   adduser -u 1000 -G yq -s /bin/sh -h /home/yq -D yq
+
+RUN chown -R yq:yq /workdir
+
 USER yq
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/yq"]
diff --git a/scripts/test-docker.sh b/scripts/test-docker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..427233cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+set -e
+
+docker build . -t temp
+docker run --rm -it --entrypoint sh temp -c 'touch a'