diff --git a/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/20-rootless-base.sh b/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/20-rootless-base.sh
index 821745e89668..ac2aaba241c3 100644
--- a/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/20-rootless-base.sh
+++ b/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/20-rootless-base.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ fi
 
 # Set up subuid
 for f in /etc/subuid /etc/subgid; do
-	grep -qw "${LIMA_CIDATA_USER}" $f || echo "${LIMA_CIDATA_USER}:100000:65536" >>$f
+  # systemd-homed expects the subuid range to be within 524288-1878982656 (0x80000-0x6fff0000).
+  # See userdbctl.
+	grep -qw "${LIMA_CIDATA_USER}" $f || echo "${LIMA_CIDATA_USER}:524288:1073741824" >>$f
 done
 
 # Start systemd session