diff --git a/roles/common/templates/pacman.conf.j2 b/roles/common/templates/pacman.conf.j2
index a663c075fd011917f67842843dd95d53771e3366..e5e610b8078a364d3630015fa55717a67ea3b779 100644
--- a/roles/common/templates/pacman.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/common/templates/pacman.conf.j2
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Color
 CheckSpace
 VerbosePkgLists
 ParallelDownloads = 5
+DownloadUser = alpm
+#DisableSandbox
 
 # By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
 # trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.