diff --git a/doc/api-extensions.md b/doc/api-extensions.md
index 9ec7dcfe6a63..149cb1ccb659 100644
--- a/doc/api-extensions.md
+++ b/doc/api-extensions.md
@@ -2520,3 +2520,7 @@ contains the total available logical CPUs available when LXD started.
 ## `vm_limits_cpu_pin_strategy`
 
 Adds a new {config:option}`instance-resource-limits:limits.cpu.pin_strategy` configuration option for virtual machines. This option controls the CPU pinning strategy. When set to `none`, CPU auto pinning is disabled. When set to `auto`, CPU auto pinning is enabled.
+
+## `unix_hotplug_ownership_inherit`
+
+Adds a new {config:option}`device-unix-hotplug-device-conf:ownership.inherit` configuration option for `unix-hotplug` devices. This option controls whether the device inherits ownership (GID and UID) from the host. When set to `true`, host ownership is inherited. When set to `false`, host ownership is not inherited and ownership can be configured by setting {config:option}`device-unix-hotplug-device-conf:gid` and {config:option}`device-unix-hotplug-device-conf:uid`.
diff --git a/doc/metadata.txt b/doc/metadata.txt
index 8e753e76e403..bb9f6cba66a5 100644
--- a/doc/metadata.txt
+++ b/doc/metadata.txt
@@ -1545,6 +1545,13 @@ See {ref}`devices-unix-char-hotplugging` for more information.
 
 ```
 
+```{config:option} ownership.inherit device-unix-hotplug-device-conf
+:defaultdesc: "`false`"
+:shortdesc: "Whether this device inherits ownership (GID and UID) from the host"
+:type: "bool"
+
+```
+
 ```{config:option} productid device-unix-hotplug-device-conf
 :shortdesc: "Product ID of the Unix device"
 :type: "string"
diff --git a/lxd/device/device_utils_unix.go b/lxd/device/device_utils_unix.go
index f3b344463b49..aee1a41d3bcf 100644
--- a/lxd/device/device_utils_unix.go
+++ b/lxd/device/device_utils_unix.go
@@ -20,17 +20,16 @@ import (
 // unixDefaultMode default mode to create unix devices with if not specified in device config.
 const unixDefaultMode = 0660
 
-// unixDeviceAttributes returns the decice type, major and minor numbers for a device.
-func unixDeviceAttributes(path string) (string, uint32, uint32, error) {
+// unixDeviceAttributes returns the device type, major and minor numbers for a device.
+func unixDeviceAttributes(path string) (dType string, major uint32, minor uint32, err error) {
 	// Get a stat struct from the provided path
 	stat := unix.Stat_t{}
-	err := unix.Stat(path, &stat)
+	err = unix.Stat(path, &stat)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", 0, 0, err
 	}
 
 	// Check what kind of file it is
-	dType := ""
 	if stat.Mode&unix.S_IFMT == unix.S_IFBLK {
 		dType = "b"
 	} else if stat.Mode&unix.S_IFMT == unix.S_IFCHR {
@@ -40,11 +39,26 @@ func unixDeviceAttributes(path string) (string, uint32, uint32, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Return the device information
-	major := unix.Major(uint64(stat.Rdev))
-	minor := unix.Minor(uint64(stat.Rdev))
+	major = unix.Major(uint64(stat.Rdev))
+	minor = unix.Minor(uint64(stat.Rdev))
+
 	return dType, major, minor, nil
 }
 
+// unixDeviceOwnership returns the ownership (gid and uid) for a device.
+func unixDeviceOwnership(path string) (gid uint32, uid uint32, err error) {
+	stat := unix.Stat_t{}
+	err = unix.Stat(path, &stat)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, err
+	}
+
+	gid = stat.Gid
+	uid = stat.Uid
+
+	return gid, uid, nil
+}
+
 // unixDeviceModeOct converts a string unix octal mode to an int.
 func unixDeviceModeOct(strmode string) (int, error) {
 	i, err := strconv.ParseInt(strmode, 8, 32)
@@ -97,7 +111,7 @@ func unixDeviceDestPath(m deviceConfig.Device) string {
 // defaultMode is set as true, then the device is created with the supplied or default mode (0660)
 // respectively, otherwise the origin device's mode is used. If the device config doesn't contain a
 // type field then it defaults to created a unix-char device. The ownership of the created device
-// defaults to root (0) but can be specified with the uid and gid fields in the device config map.
+// defaults to root (0) but can be specified with the uid and gid fields in the device config map. If ownership.inherit is set to true, the device ownership is inherited from the host.
 // It returns a UnixDevice containing information about the device created.
 func UnixDeviceCreate(s *state.State, idmapSet *idmap.IdmapSet, devicesPath string, prefix string, m deviceConfig.Device, defaultMode bool) (*UnixDevice, error) {
 	var err error
@@ -170,18 +184,28 @@ func UnixDeviceCreate(s *state.State, idmapSet *idmap.IdmapSet, devicesPath stri
 		d.Type = "c"
 	}
 
-	// Get the device owner.
-	if m["uid"] != "" {
-		d.UID, err = strconv.Atoi(m["uid"])
+	if shared.IsTrue(m["ownership.inherit"]) {
+		gid, uid, err := unixDeviceOwnership(srcPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid uid %s in device %s", m["uid"], srcPath)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to retrieve host ownership of device %s: %w", srcPath, err)
 		}
-	}
 
-	if m["gid"] != "" {
-		d.GID, err = strconv.Atoi(m["gid"])
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid gid %s in device %s", m["gid"], srcPath)
+		d.GID = int(gid)
+		d.UID = int(uid)
+	} else {
+		// Get the device owner.
+		if m["uid"] != "" {
+			d.UID, err = strconv.Atoi(m["uid"])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid uid %s in device %s", m["uid"], srcPath)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if m["gid"] != "" {
+			d.GID, err = strconv.Atoi(m["gid"])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid gid %s in device %s", m["gid"], srcPath)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -326,12 +350,9 @@ func unixDeviceSetup(s *state.State, devicesPath string, typePrefix string, devi
 // device to ascertain these attributes. If defaultMode is true or mode is supplied in the device
 // config then the origin device does not need to be accessed for its file mode.
 func unixDeviceSetupCharNum(s *state.State, devicesPath string, typePrefix string, deviceName string, m deviceConfig.Device, major uint32, minor uint32, path string, defaultMode bool, runConf *deviceConfig.RunConfig) error {
-	configCopy := deviceConfig.Device{}
-	for k, v := range m {
-		configCopy[k] = v
-	}
+	configCopy := m.Clone()
 
-	// Overridng these in the config copy should avoid the need for unixDeviceSetup to stat
+	// Overriding these in the config copy should avoid the need for unixDeviceSetup to stat
 	// the origin device to ascertain this information.
 	configCopy["type"] = "unix-char"
 	configCopy["major"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", major)
@@ -347,12 +368,9 @@ func unixDeviceSetupCharNum(s *state.State, devicesPath string, typePrefix strin
 // device to ascertain these attributes. If defaultMode is true or mode is supplied in the device
 // config then the origin device does not need to be accessed for its file mode.
 func unixDeviceSetupBlockNum(s *state.State, devicesPath string, typePrefix string, deviceName string, m deviceConfig.Device, major uint32, minor uint32, path string, defaultMode bool, runConf *deviceConfig.RunConfig) error {
-	configCopy := deviceConfig.Device{}
-	for k, v := range m {
-		configCopy[k] = v
-	}
+	configCopy := m.Clone()
 
-	// Overridng these in the config copy should avoid the need for unixDeviceSetup to stat
+	// Overriding these in the config copy should avoid the need for unixDeviceSetup to stat
 	// the origin device to ascertain this information.
 	configCopy["type"] = "unix-block"
 	configCopy["major"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", major)
diff --git a/lxd/device/unix_hotplug.go b/lxd/device/unix_hotplug.go
index fdd259879028..500141c6b0c5 100644
--- a/lxd/device/unix_hotplug.go
+++ b/lxd/device/unix_hotplug.go
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ func (d *unixHotplug) validateConfig(instConf instance.ConfigReader) error {
 		"gid":       unixValidUserID,
 		"mode":      unixValidOctalFileMode,
 		"required":  validate.Optional(validate.IsBool),
+
+		// lxdmeta:generate(entities=device-unix-hotplug; group=device-conf; key=ownership.inherit)
+		//
+		// ---
+		// type: bool
+		// defaultdesc: `false`
+		// shortdesc: Whether this device inherits ownership (GID and UID) from the host
+		"ownership.inherit": validate.Optional(validate.IsBool),
 	}
 
 	err := d.config.Validate(rules)
@@ -84,6 +92,10 @@ func (d *unixHotplug) validateConfig(instConf instance.ConfigReader) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unix hotplug devices require a vendorid or a productid")
 	}
 
+	if d.config["gid"] != "" || d.config["uid"] != "" && shared.IsTrue(d.config["ownership.inherit"]) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unix hotplug device ownership cannot be inherited from host while GID or UID is set")
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/lxd/metadata/configuration.json b/lxd/metadata/configuration.json
index 8b2d6ebdecd8..a1324420db0b 100644
--- a/lxd/metadata/configuration.json
+++ b/lxd/metadata/configuration.json
@@ -1783,6 +1783,14 @@
 							"type": "integer"
 						}
 					},
+					{
+						"ownership.inherit": {
+							"defaultdesc": "`false`",
+							"longdesc": "",
+							"shortdesc": "Whether this device inherits ownership (GID and UID) from the host",
+							"type": "bool"
+						}
+					},
 					{
 						"productid": {
 							"longdesc": "",
diff --git a/shared/version/api.go b/shared/version/api.go
index 84a109007f67..196693107f01 100644
--- a/shared/version/api.go
+++ b/shared/version/api.go
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ var APIExtensions = []string{
 	"network_ovn_uplink_vlan",
 	"state_logical_cpus",
 	"vm_limits_cpu_pin_strategy",
+	"unix_hotplug_ownership_inherit",
 }
 
 // APIExtensionsCount returns the number of available API extensions.