diff --git a/install-sdist-to-test.py b/install-sdist-to-test.py
index 403da6b47d28e7493b97e32333c0d386a95a9ca8..056f34cce4e2460981150a7665413f23cd130cee 100644
--- a/install-sdist-to-test.py
+++ b/install-sdist-to-test.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def _install_proc(hostname, username, password, sdist):
         f'sudo su - -c \'{pip} uninstall -y inventory\'',
         f'sudo su - -c \'{pip} install {scp_destination}\'',
         f'rm {scp_destination}',
+        f'chown -R inventory.inventory /home/inventory/venv',
         'exit'
     ]
     stdin.write('\n'.join(commands) + '\n')