diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 1f7aba4d..2022f4ec 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class trove::params {
   include ::openstacklib::defaults
 
   $client_package_name = 'python-troveclient'
+  $group               = 'trove'
 
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
diff --git a/manifests/policy.pp b/manifests/policy.pp
index b436d903..6e8effcc 100644
--- a/manifests/policy.pp
+++ b/manifests/policy.pp
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@
 #   (optional) Set of policies to configure for trove
 #   Example :
 #     {
-#       'trove-context_is_admin' => {'context_is_admin' => 'true'},
-#       'trove-default'          => {'default' => 'rule:admin_or_owner'}
+#       'trove-context_is_admin' => {
+#         'key' => 'context_is_admin',
+#         'value' => 'true'
+#       },
+#       'trove-default' => {
+#         'key' => 'default',
+#         'value' => 'rule:admin_or_owner'
+#       }
 #     }
 #   Defaults to empty hash.
 #
@@ -23,13 +29,18 @@ class trove::policy (
 ) {
 
   include ::trove::deps
+  include ::trove::params
 
   validate_hash($policies)
 
   Openstacklib::Policy::Base {
-    file_path => $policy_path,
+    file_path  => $policy_path,
+    file_user  => 'root',
+    file_group => $::trove::params::group,
   }
 
   create_resources('openstacklib::policy::base', $policies)
+
   oslo::policy { 'trove_config': policy_file => $policy_path }
+
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/trove_policy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/trove_policy_spec.rb
index 72a05430..d865d360 100644
--- a/spec/classes/trove_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/trove_policy_spec.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ describe 'trove::policy' do
 
     it 'set up the policies' do
       is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__policy__base('context_is_admin').with({
-        :key   => 'context_is_admin',
-        :value => 'foo:bar'
+        :key        => 'context_is_admin',
+        :value      => 'foo:bar',
+        :file_user  => 'root',
+        :file_group => 'trove',
       })
       is_expected.to contain_oslo__policy('trove_config').with(
         :policy_file => '/etc/trove/policy.json',
@@ -37,5 +39,4 @@ describe 'trove::policy' do
       it_configures 'trove policies'
     end
   end
-
 end