diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index 9ed7161698a87caf62636ef64c893613f5d34c96..0535c8cf2ac9446817675bb9653d0e1808bafc4f 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ if $run_namcap; then
 	pacman -S --needed --noconfirm namcap
 	for pkgfile in /build/PKGBUILD /pkgdest/*.pkg.tar.?z; do
 		echo "Checking \${pkgfile##*/}"
-		namcap "\$pkgfile" 2>&1 | tee "/build/\${pkgfile##*/}-namcap.log"
+		sudo -u nobody namcap "\$pkgfile" 2>&1 | tee "/build/\${pkgfile##*/}-namcap.log"
 	done
 fi