diff --git a/build-docker-release.sh b/build-docker-release.sh
index 7f93bf785..e1a3062b9 100755
--- a/build-docker-release.sh
+++ b/build-docker-release.sh
@@ -41,3 +41,9 @@ cd ..
 
 echo "Release package created: hush-${VERSION}-linux64.zip"
 ls -lh "hush-${VERSION}-linux64.zip"
+
+# Fix ownership of all files created by root so host user can access them
+if [ -n "${HOST_UID:-}" ] && [ -n "${HOST_GID:-}" ]; then
+    echo "Fixing file ownership to ${HOST_UID}:${HOST_GID}..."
+    chown -R "${HOST_UID}:${HOST_GID}" /hush3
+fi
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 41806418b..93e239379 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if [[ "${1:-}" == "--linux-release" ]]; then
     shift
     echo "Building Linux release inside Ubuntu 20.04 Docker container..."
     sudo docker build -t hush-builder -f Dockerfile.build .
-    sudo docker run --rm --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "$SCRIPT_DIR:/hush3" hush-builder "$@"
+    sudo docker run --rm -e HOST_UID=$(id -u) -e HOST_GID=$(id -g) -v "$SCRIPT_DIR:/hush3" hush-builder "$@"
     echo "Docker build complete. Release is in release-linux/"
     exit $?
 fi