diff --git a/manifests/database.pp b/manifests/database.pp
index d5680ee..ce11b14 100644
--- a/manifests/database.pp
+++ b/manifests/database.pp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
       password => $_pass,
       encoding => $encoding,
       locale   => $collation,
+      owner    => $db_user,
     }
 
     $access_instances.each |$host| {