diff --git a/gmetad/conf.c.in b/gmetad/conf.c.in
index c6fd338..27ae87c 100644
--- a/gmetad/conf.c.in
+++ b/gmetad/conf.c.in
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ set_defaults (gmetad_config_t *config)
    config->trusted_hosts = NULL;
    config->debug_level = 0;
    config->should_setuid = 1;
-   config->setuid_username = "nobody";
+   config->setuid_username = "@setuid_user@";
    config->rrd_rootdir = "@varstatedir@/ganglia/rrds";
    config->scalable_mode = 1;
    config->all_trusted = 0;
diff --git a/gmetad/gmetad.conf.in b/gmetad/gmetad.conf.in
index 4e75246..67920eb 100644
--- a/gmetad/gmetad.conf.in
+++ b/gmetad/gmetad.conf.in
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ data_source "my cluster" localhost
 # setuid off
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# User gmetad will setuid to (defaults to "nobody")
-# default: "nobody"
-# setuid_username "nobody"
+# User gmetad will setuid to (defaults to "@setuid_user@")
+# default: "@setuid_user@"
+# setuid_username "@setuid_user@"
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The port gmetad will answer requests for XML
diff --git a/scripts/fixconfig.in b/scripts/fixconfig.in
index 9208c22..b666b6b 100644
--- a/scripts/fixconfig.in
+++ b/scripts/fixconfig.in
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ LDFLAGS="`echo '@LDFLAGS@' | $AWK '{ gsub(/,/, "\\\\,"); print }'`"
 LIBS="@LIBS@"
 VERSION="@VERSION@"
 host_cpu="@host_cpu@"
+setuid_user="@setuid_user@"
+setgid_group="@setgid_group@"
 
 # Additional paths specific to Ganglia.
 moduledir="@moduledir@"
@@ -84,5 +86,7 @@ $SED -e "s,@prefix[@],$prefix,g" \
      -e "s,@GANGLIA_MINOR_VERSION[@],$GANGLIA_MINOR_VERSION,g" \
      -e "s,@GANGLIA_VERSION[@],$GANGLIA_VERSION,g" \
      -e "s,@REL[@],$REL,g" \
+     -e "s,@setuid_user[@],$setuid_user,g" \
+     -e "s,@setgid_group[@],$setgid_group,g" \
       < "$input" > "$output"