diff --git a/roles/matomo/tasks/install.yml b/roles/matomo/tasks/install.yml
index 1f37a4fc0..e5d22fcfb 100644
--- a/roles/matomo/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/matomo/tasks/install.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
   file:
     path: "{{ matomo_path }}/matomo"
     recurse: yes
-    owner: www-data
-    group: www-data
+    owner: "{{ apache_user }}"    # e.g. www-data
+    group: "{{ apache_user }}"
 
 - name: HTTP Get Welcome
   uri: