diff --git a/snap/etc/nova/nova.conf b/snap/etc/nova/nova.conf
index 5a0bddd..2623e32 100644
--- a/snap/etc/nova/nova.conf
+++ b/snap/etc/nova/nova.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 compute_driver = libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 
+[workarounds]
+disable_rootwrap = True
+
 [libvirt]
 virt_type = kvm