diff --git a/cnf/make.globals b/cnf/make.globals
index 94eac65684..9f5a19c181 100644
--- a/cnf/make.globals
+++ b/cnf/make.globals
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ BINPKG_GPG_VERIFY_BASE_COMMAND="/usr/bin/gpg --verify --batch --no-tty --no-auto
 # The binary package default GPG home directory for verify
 BINPKG_GPG_VERIFY_GPG_HOME="/etc/portage/gnupg"
 
+# The user and group will be used when drop root privileges
+PORTAGE_USERNAME="portage"
+PORTAGE_GRPNAME="portage"
+
 # The user and group will be used when drop root privileges during GPG verify
 GPG_VERIFY_USER_DROP="nobody"
 GPG_VERIFY_GROUP_DROP="nogroup"