diff --git a/states/syncthing/install.sls b/states/syncthing/install.sls
index c5dc354..f541425 100644
--- a/states/syncthing/install.sls
+++ b/states/syncthing/install.sls
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ syncthing-archive-extract:
     - enforce_toplevel: false
     - skip_verify: true
     - archive_format: tar
-    - options: --transform 's/syncthing-{{ syncthing.os }}-{{ syncthing.arch }}-v{{ syncthing.version }}/syncthing-{{ syncthing.version }}/g' --strip 1
+    - options: --no-same-owner --transform 's/syncthing-{{ syncthing.os }}-{{ syncthing.arch }}-v{{ syncthing.version }}/syncthing-{{ syncthing.version }}/g' --strip 1
     - if_missing: {{ syncthing.release_dir }}/syncthing-{{ syncthing.version }}
     - watch_in:
       - service: syncthing-service