diff --git a/3.1-apache/Dockerfile b/3.1-apache/Dockerfile
index 6735b2d..92f170f 100644
--- a/3.1-apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.1-apache/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache curl \
   php5-xml \
   php5-zlib \
   php5-zip \
-  php5-gd
+  php5-gd \
+  su-exec
 
 ### phpBB
 ENV PHPBB_VERSION 3.1.10
diff --git a/3.1-apache/start.sh b/3.1-apache/start.sh
index 0cdc72f..2203168 100755
--- a/3.1-apache/start.sh
+++ b/3.1-apache/start.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ db_wait() {
 db_migrate() {
     if [[ "${PHPBB_DB_AUTOMIGRATE}" = "true" && "${PHPBB_INSTALL}" != "true" ]]; then
         echo "$(date) - applying migrations"
-        php bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate
+        su-exec apache php bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/3.2-apache/Dockerfile b/3.2-apache/Dockerfile
index ec93009..88a15e0 100644
--- a/3.2-apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.2-apache/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache curl \
   php5-xml \
   php5-zlib \
   php5-zip \
-  php5-gd
+  php5-gd \
+  su-exec
 
 ### phpBB
 ENV PHPBB_VERSION 3.2.0
diff --git a/3.2-apache/start.sh b/3.2-apache/start.sh
index 0cdc72f..2203168 100755
--- a/3.2-apache/start.sh
+++ b/3.2-apache/start.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ db_wait() {
 db_migrate() {
     if [[ "${PHPBB_DB_AUTOMIGRATE}" = "true" && "${PHPBB_INSTALL}" != "true" ]]; then
         echo "$(date) - applying migrations"
-        php bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate
+        su-exec apache php bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate
     fi
 }