diff --git a/tasks/build/os_packages.js b/tasks/build/os_packages.js
index 66ace9731b3f3..0cc52fe69dd49 100644
--- a/tasks/build/os_packages.js
+++ b/tasks/build/os_packages.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         '--package', targetDir,
         '-s', 'dir', // input type
         '--name', 'kibana',
-        '--description', 'Explore\ and\ visualize\ your\ Elasticsearch\ data.',
+        '--description', 'Explore\ and\ visualize\ your\ Elasticsearch\ data',
         '--version', version,
         '--url', 'https://www.elastic.co',
         '--vendor', 'Elasticsearch,\ Inc.',
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         '--before-remove', resolve(packageScriptsDir, 'pre_remove.sh'),
         '--after-remove', resolve(packageScriptsDir, 'post_remove.sh'),
         '--config-files', '/opt/kibana/config/kibana.yml',
-        '--template-value', 'user=kibana'
+        '--template-value', 'user=kibana',
+        '--template-value', 'group=kibana'
       ];
 
       const files = buildDir + '/=/opt/kibana';
diff --git a/tasks/build/package_scripts/post_install.sh b/tasks/build/package_scripts/post_install.sh
index 02696466cb3a8..16dbba6862a45 100644
--- a/tasks/build/package_scripts/post_install.sh
+++ b/tasks/build/package_scripts/post_install.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ user_create() {
 if ! user_check "<%= user %>" ; then
   user_create "<%= user %>"
 fi
-chown <%= user %> /opt/kibana/optimize
+chown <%= user %>:<%= group %> /opt/kibana/optimize