diff --git a/internal/pkg/util/fs/fuse/fuse_mount_linux.go b/internal/pkg/util/fs/fuse/fuse_mount_linux.go
index a9ccb32b4b..7053a1f59b 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/util/fs/fuse/fuse_mount_linux.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/util/fs/fuse/fuse_mount_linux.go
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ type ImageMount struct {
 	// values in pkg/image)
 	Type int
 
+	// UID is the value to pass to the uid option when mounting
+	UID int
+
+	// GID is the value to pass to the gid option when mounting
+	GID int
+
 	// Readonly represents whether this is a Readonly overlay
 	Readonly bool
 
@@ -147,10 +153,6 @@ func (i *ImageMount) generateCmdArgs() ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 func (i ImageMount) generateMountOpts() ([]string, error) {
-	// TODO: Think through what makes sense for file ownership in FUSE-mounted
-	// images, vis a vis id-mappings and user-namespaces.
-	opts := []string{"uid=0", "gid=0"}
-
 	// Create a map of the extra mount options that have been requested, so we
 	// can catch attempts to overwrite builtin struct fields.
 	extraOptsMap := lo.SliceToMap(i.ExtraOpts, func(s string) (string, *string) {
@@ -162,6 +164,18 @@ func (i ImageMount) generateMountOpts() ([]string, error) {
 		return strings.ToLower(splitted[0]), &splitted[1]
 	})
 
+	opts := []string{}
+
+	if err := checkProhibitedOpt(extraOptsMap, "uid"); err != nil {
+		return opts, err
+	}
+	opts = append(opts, fmt.Sprintf("uid=%d", i.UID))
+
+	if err := checkProhibitedOpt(extraOptsMap, "gid"); err != nil {
+		return opts, err
+	}
+	opts = append(opts, fmt.Sprintf("gid=%d", i.GID))
+
 	if err := checkProhibitedOpt(extraOptsMap, "ro"); err != nil {
 		return opts, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/util/fs/fuse/fuse_mount_linux_test.go b/internal/pkg/util/fs/fuse/fuse_mount_linux_test.go
index 2d1cffd6b3..8a3153ea5d 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/util/fs/fuse/fuse_mount_linux_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/util/fs/fuse/fuse_mount_linux_test.go
@@ -15,12 +15,26 @@ import (
 
 var squashfsImgPath = filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "..", "..", "test", "images", "squashfs-for-overlay.img")
 
+var optsToTest = []string{
+	"uid=0",
+	"gid=0",
+	"uid=23",
+	"gid=67",
+	"uid=2345",
+	"gid=6789",
+	"rw",
+	"ro",
+	"dev",
+	"nodev",
+	"suid",
+	"nosuid",
+	"allow_other",
+}
+
 func TestExtraOptOverrides(t *testing.T) {
-	testOneOverride(t, "rw")
-	testOneOverride(t, "ro")
-	testOneOverride(t, "dev")
-	testOneOverride(t, "suid")
-	testOneOverride(t, "allow_other")
+	for _, opt := range optsToTest {
+		testOneOverride(t, opt)
+	}
 }
 
 func testOneOverride(t *testing.T, s string) {
@@ -63,7 +77,7 @@ func TestAllOverridesAtOnce(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Baseline unmount of %q failed: %v", m.SourcePath, err)
 	}
 
-	m.ExtraOpts = []string{"suid", "allow_other", "rw", "dev"}
+	m.ExtraOpts = optsToTest[:]
 
 	if err := m.Mount(ctx); err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to block mount options (%q).", m.ExtraOpts)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/util/fs/squashfs/squashfs.go b/internal/pkg/util/fs/squashfs/squashfs.go
index 82607e18ee..4b0124baf4 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/util/fs/squashfs/squashfs.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/util/fs/squashfs/squashfs.go
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import (
 func FUSEMount(ctx context.Context, offset uint64, path, mountPath string) (*fuse.ImageMount, error) {
 	im := fuse.ImageMount{
 		Type:       image.SQUASHFS,
+		UID:        os.Getuid(),
+		GID:        os.Getgid(),
 		Readonly:   true,
 		SourcePath: filepath.Clean(path),
 		ExtraOpts: []string{
 			fmt.Sprintf("offset=%d", offset),
-			fmt.Sprintf("uid=%d", os.Getuid()),
-			fmt.Sprintf("gid=%d", os.Getgid()),
 		},
 	}
 	im.SetMountPoint(filepath.Clean(mountPath))