diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client.inc b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client.inc
index 519041d6..ac003a24 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client.inc
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client.inc
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ do_install:append() {
         install -D -p -m0755 ${UNPACKDIR}/tee-supplicant.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/tee-supplicant
         sed -i -e s:@sysconfdir@:${sysconfdir}:g \
                -e s:@sbindir@:${sbindir}:g \
+               -e s:@supluser@:teesuppl:g \
+               -e s:@suplgroup@:teesuppl:g \
                   ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/tee-supplicant
     fi
     install -o teesuppl -g teesuppl -m 0700 -d ${D}${localstatedir}/lib/tee
diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client/tee-supplicant.sh b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client/tee-supplicant.sh
index b4d21950..12e81770 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client/tee-supplicant.sh
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-client/tee-supplicant.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
 test -f @sysconfdir@/default/$NAME && . @sysconfdir@/default/$NAME
 test -f @sysconfdir@/default/rcS && . @sysconfdir@/default/rcS
 
-SSD_OPTIONS="--oknodo --quiet --exec $DAEMON -- -d $OPTARGS"
+SSD_OPTIONS="-c @supluser@:@suplgroup@ --oknodo --quiet --exec $DAEMON -- -d $OPTARGS"
 
 set -e