diff --git a/pkg/buildah/common.go b/pkg/buildah/common.go
index 936781ac34..45957fc127 100644
--- a/pkg/buildah/common.go
+++ b/pkg/buildah/common.go
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ type RunMount struct {
 
 type RunCommandOpts struct {
 	CommonOpts
-	Args   []string
-	Mounts []specs.Mount
+	WorkingDir string
+	User       string
+	Args       []string
+	Mounts     []specs.Mount
 }
 
 type RmiOpts struct {
diff --git a/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go b/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
index 1ba6176af9..9f0c5d19df 100644
--- a/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ func (b *NativeBuildah) RunCommand(ctx context.Context, container string, comman
 		Mounts:           opts.Mounts,
 		ConfigureNetwork: define.NetworkEnabled,
 		SystemContext:    &b.DefaultSystemContext,
+		WorkingDir:       opts.WorkingDir,
+		User:             opts.User,
+		Entrypoint:       []string{},
+		Cmd:              []string{},
 	}
 
 	stderr := &bytes.Buffer{}
diff --git a/pkg/container_backend/buildah_backend.go b/pkg/container_backend/buildah_backend.go
index f00077a36c..7e945c25c1 100644
--- a/pkg/container_backend/buildah_backend.go
+++ b/pkg/container_backend/buildah_backend.go
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ func (runtime *BuildahBackend) applyCommands(ctx context.Context, container *con
 
 	if err := runtime.buildah.RunCommand(ctx, container.Name, []string{"sh", destScriptPath}, buildah.RunCommandOpts{
 		CommonOpts: runtime.getBuildahCommonOpts(ctx, false),
+		User:       "0:0",
+		WorkingDir: "/",
 		Mounts:     mounts,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to run commands script: %w", err)
@@ -661,6 +663,8 @@ func (runtime *BuildahBackend) RemoveHostDirs(ctx context.Context, mountDir stri
 	}
 
 	return runtime.buildah.RunCommand(ctx, container.Name, append([]string{"rm", "-rf"}, containerDirs...), buildah.RunCommandOpts{
+		User:       "0:0",
+		WorkingDir: "/",
 		Mounts: []specs.Mount{
 			{
 				Type:        "bind",