diff --git a/kola/tests/fips/fips.go b/kola/tests/fips/fips.go
index 193450fc2..9a4153a78 100644
--- a/kola/tests/fips/fips.go
+++ b/kola/tests/fips/fips.go
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ func init() {
 					{
 						"filesystem": "root",
 						"path": "/etc/ignition-machine-config-encapsulated.json",
+						"user": {
+							"name": "root"
+						},
+						"group": {
+							"name": "root"
+						},
 						"contents": {
 							"source": "data:,%7B%22metadata%22%3A%7B%22name%22%3A%22rendered-worker-1cc576110e0cf8396831ce4016f63900%22%2C%22selfLink%22%3A%22%2Fapis%2Fmachineconfiguration.openshift.io%2Fv1%2Fmachineconfigs%2Frendered-worker-1cc576110e0cf8396831ce4016f63900%22%2C%22uid%22%3A%2248871c03-899d-4332-a5f5-bef94e54b23f%22%2C%22resourceVersion%22%3A%224168%22%2C%22generation%22%3A1%2C%22creationTimestamp%22%3A%222019-11-04T15%3A54%3A08Z%22%2C%22annotations%22%3A%7B%22machineconfiguration.openshift.io%2Fgenerated-by-controller-version%22%3A%22bd846958bc95d049547164046a962054fca093df%22%7D%2C%22ownerReferences%22%3A%5B%7B%22apiVersion%22%3A%22machineconfiguration.openshift.io%2Fv1%22%2C%22kind%22%3A%22MachineConfigPool%22%2C%22name%22%3A%22worker%22%2C%22uid%22%3A%223d0dee9e-c9d6-4656-a4a9-81785b9ab01a%22%2C%22controller%22%3Atrue%2C%22blockOwnerDeletion%22%3Atrue%7D%5D%7D%2C%22spec%22%3A%7B%22osImageURL%22%3A%22registry.svc.ci.openshift.org%2Focp%2F4.3-2019-11-04-125204%40sha256%3A8a344c5b157bd01c3ca1abfcef0004fc39f5d69cac1cdaad0fd8dd332ad8e272%22%2C%22config%22%3A%7B%22ignition%22%3A%7B%22config%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22security%22%3A%7B%22tls%22%3A%7B%7D%7D%2C%22timeouts%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22version%22%3A%222.2.0%22%7D%2C%22networkd%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22passwd%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22storage%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22systemd%22%3A%7B%7D%7D%2C%22kernelArguments%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22fips%22%3Atrue%7D%7D",
 							"verification": {}