diff --git a/projects/nginx/fuzz/http_request_fuzzer.cc b/projects/nginx/fuzz/http_request_fuzzer.cc
index bed04d7d0..4cb8c008b 100644
--- a/projects/nginx/fuzz/http_request_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/projects/nginx/fuzz/http_request_fuzzer.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "libprotobuf-mutator/src/libfuzzer/libfuzzer_macro.h"
 
 static char configuration[] =
+"user root;\n"
 "error_log stderr emerg;\n"
 "events {\n"
 "    use epoll;\n"