diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf1be9caa..225ba1797 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ option(WITH_DLT_TESTS         "Set to ON to build src/test binaries"
 option(WITH_DLT_UNIT_TESTS    "Set to ON to build gtest framework and tests/binaries"                          OFF)
 
 set(DLT_IPC "FIFO" CACHE STRING "UNIX_SOCKET,FIFO")
-set( DLT_USER "genivi" CACHE STRING
-    "Set user for process not run as root")
+set(DLT_USER "genivi" CACHE STRING "Set user for process not run as root")
 
 option(WITH_DLT_CXX11_EXT     "Set to ON to build C++11 extensions"                                             OFF)
 option(WITH_DLT_COREDUMPHANDLER     "EXPERIMENTAL! Set to ON to build src/core_dump_handler binaries. EXPERIMENTAL"                   OFF)
diff --git a/systemd/dlt-dbus.service.cmake b/systemd/dlt-dbus.service.cmake
index 0b14c382b..5dc72680f 100644
--- a/systemd/dlt-dbus.service.cmake
+++ b/systemd/dlt-dbus.service.cmake
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Wants=dlt.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-User=root
+User=@DLT_USER@
 ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/bin/dlt-dbus
 WatchdogSec=@DLT_WatchdogSec@
 NotifyAccess=main