diff --git a/tinyipa/build-instance-images.sh b/tinyipa/build-instance-images.sh
index 1203771..0fd0221 100755
--- a/tinyipa/build-instance-images.sh
+++ b/tinyipa/build-instance-images.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ sudo mount -o loop "$PARTIMG" "$DST_DIR/"
 
 setup_tce $DST_DIR
 
+# NOTE(rpittau) change ownership of the tce info dir to prevent writing issues
+sudo chown $TC:$STAFF $DST_DIR/usr/local/tce.installed
+
 $TC_CHROOT_CMD tce-load -wci grub2-multi.tcz
 
 cleanup_tce $DST_DIR
diff --git a/tinyipa/build-tinyipa.sh b/tinyipa/build-tinyipa.sh
index b9b0f8a..d14f8f2 100755
--- a/tinyipa/build-tinyipa.sh
+++ b/tinyipa/build-tinyipa.sh
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ if [[ $USE_PYTHON3 == "True" ]]; then
     PY_REQS="buildreqs_python3.lst"
 fi
 
+# NOTE(rpittau) change ownership of the tce info dir to prevent writing issues
+sudo chown $TC:$STAFF $BUILDDIR/usr/local/tce.installed
+
 while read line; do
     sudo chroot --userspec=$TC:$STAFF $BUILDDIR /usr/bin/env -i PATH=$CHROOT_PATH http_proxy=$http_proxy https_proxy=$https_proxy no_proxy=$no_proxy tce-load -wci $line
 done < <(paste $WORKDIR/build_files/$PY_REQS $WORKDIR/build_files/buildreqs.lst)
diff --git a/tinyipa/finalise-tinyipa.sh b/tinyipa/finalise-tinyipa.sh
index 87e75eb..1b4e319 100755
--- a/tinyipa/finalise-tinyipa.sh
+++ b/tinyipa/finalise-tinyipa.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ if [[ $USE_PYTHON3 == "True" ]]; then
     PY_REQS="finalreqs_python3.lst"
 fi
 
+# NOTE(rpittau) change ownership of the tce info dir to prevent writing issues
+sudo chown $TC:$STAFF $FINALDIR/usr/local/tce.installed
+
 while read line; do
     $TC_CHROOT_CMD tce-load -wic $line
 done < <(paste $WORKDIR/build_files/finalreqs.lst $WORKDIR/build_files/$PY_REQS)