diff --git a/plugins/connection/lxd.py b/plugins/connection/lxd.py
index 774bb8c6d7..94cf7a8564 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/lxd.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxd.py
@@ -174,11 +174,13 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         if self.get_option("project"):
             local_cmd.extend(["--project", self.get_option("project")])
         local_cmd.extend([
-            "file", "push",
+            "file", "push", "--gid", "1000", "--uid", "1000",
             in_path,
             f"{self.get_option('remote')}:{self._host()}/{out_path}"
         ])
 
+        self._display.vvvvv(f"PUT COMMAND {local_cmd}", host=self._host())
+
         local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
 
         process = Popen(local_cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)