diff --git a/meta-selftest/files/static-group b/meta-selftest/files/static-group
index 4cc37ddea2..6a9ece20a8 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/files/static-group
+++ b/meta-selftest/files/static-group
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ xuser:x:530:
 seat:x:531:
 audio:x:532:
 empower:x:533:
+cmake-example:x:534:
+meson-example:x:535:
 nogroup:x:65534:
diff --git a/meta-selftest/files/static-passwd b/meta-selftest/files/static-passwd
index cc6c5acd5c..98017c8153 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/files/static-passwd
+++ b/meta-selftest/files/static-passwd
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ _apt:x:523:523::/:/bin/nologin
 weston:x:525:525::/:/bin/nologin
 ptest:x:529:529::/:/bin/nologin
 xuser:x:530:530::/:/bin/nologin
+cmake-example:x:534:534::/var/lib/cmake-example:/bin/false
+meson-example:x:535:535::/var/lib/meson-example:/bin/false
diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/cpp/cpp-example.inc b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/cpp/cpp-example.inc
index 2653f45e90..0671824d1c 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/cpp/cpp-example.inc
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/cpp/cpp-example.inc
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --home /var/lib/${BPN} --no-create-home --shell
 EX_BINARY_NAME ?= "${BPN}"
 
 do_install:append() {
-    # Install configuration file owned by unprivileged user
+    # Install configuration file owned by the recipe's unprivileged user.
+    # Note: this requires static UIDs/GIDs (USERADDEXTENSION = "useradd-staticids")
+    # so that the UID embedded by pseudo during do_install matches the UID assigned
+    # in the final image. devtool deploy-target is a raw file copy and does not run
+    # pkg_postinst, so the UID in ${D} must already be correct.
     install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
     install -m 0644 -g ${BPN} -o ${BPN} ${S}/cpp-example.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/${BPN}.conf
     sed -i -e 's|@BINARY_NAME@|${BPN}|g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/${BPN}.conf
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index dc83d406fd..bccbae912f 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -2597,7 +2597,17 @@ class DevtoolIdeSdkTests(DevtoolBase):
             'IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS = "1"',
             'IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " gdbserver %s"' % ' '.join(
                 [r + '-ptest' for r in recipe_names]),
-            'DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " ptest"'
+            'DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " ptest"',
+            # Static UIDs/GIDs are required so that files installed via
+            # "install -o ${BPN}" in do_install embed the same UID that gets
+            # assigned in the final image. Without this, each recipe's isolated
+            # sysroot allocates UIDs independently (both start at the first free
+            # system UID), so files end up with colliding UIDs in the image.
+            # devtool deploy-target is a raw file copy and does not run
+            # pkg_postinst, so ownership must be correct already in ${D}.
+            'USERADDEXTENSION = "useradd-staticids"',
+            'USERADD_UID_TABLES += "files/static-passwd"',
+            'USERADD_GID_TABLES += "files/static-group"',
         ]
         self.write_config("\n".join(conf_lines))
 
@@ -2985,7 +2995,7 @@ class DevtoolIdeSdkTests(DevtoolBase):
             self.assertEqual(self._workspace_scripts_dir(
                 recipe_name), self._sources_scripts_dir(tempdir))
 
-            # Verify /etc/meson-example.conf is still owned by the cmake-example user
+            # Verify /etc/cmake-example.conf is still owned by the cmake-example user
             # after the install and deploy scripts updated the file
             self._verify_conf_file(qemu, conf_file, example_exe, example_exe)