diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17fc7353176..dffd62acdfa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Note: Can be used with `oxsecurity/megalinter@beta` in your GitHub Action mega-l
     by @Kurt-von-Laven in [#2275](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/pull/2275).
   - Only run npm-package-json-lint when package.json is present by @Kurt-von-Laven in
     [#2280](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/pull/2280).
+  - Run Docker container as current user rather than root by @Kurt-von-Laven in
+    [#1975](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/issues/1975).
 
 - Documentation
   - Configure jsonschema documentation formatting (see [Descriptor schema](https://megalinter.io/latest/json-schemas/descriptor.html), [Configuration schema](https://megalinter.io/latest/json-schemas/configuration.html)), by @echoix in [#2270](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/pull/2270)
diff --git a/mega-linter-runner/lib/runner.js b/mega-linter-runner/lib/runner.js
index 79a8da5c369..b24baeda03f 100644
--- a/mega-linter-runner/lib/runner.js
+++ b/mega-linter-runner/lib/runner.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const optionsDefinition = require("./options");
 const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
 const c = require("chalk");
 const path = require("path");
+const { getgid, getuid } = require("process");
 const which = require("which");
 const fs = require("fs-extra");
 const { MegaLinterUpgrader } = require("./upgrade");
@@ -127,6 +128,9 @@ ERROR: Docker engine has not been found on your system.
     if (options["containerName"]) {
       commandArgs.push(...["--name", options["containerName"]]);
     }
+    if (getuid && getgid) {
+      commandArgs.push(...["--user", `${getuid()}:${getgid()}`]);
+    }
     commandArgs.push(...["-v", "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:rw"]);
     commandArgs.push(...["-v", `${lintPath}:/tmp/lint:rw`]);
     if (options.fix === true) {