diff --git a/src/spoc/podman.py b/src/spoc/podman.py
index 3b2ca81..7fbdcf0 100644
--- a/src/spoc/podman.py
+++ b/src/spoc/podman.py
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ def run(cmd, **kwargs):
 def out(cmd, **kwargs):
     return run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True, **kwargs).stdout.rstrip()
 
+def get_subuidgid():
+    def get_first_sub(kind):
+        lines = out(['su', '-', 'spoc', '-c', f'podman unshare cat /proc/self/{kind}_map'])
+        for line in lines.splitlines():
+            columns = line.split()
+            if columns[0] == '1':
+                return int(columns[1])
+        return 0
+    return (get_first_sub('uid'), get_first_sub('gid'))
+
 def get_apps():
     apps = {}
     data = json.loads(out(['podman', 'pod', 'ps', '--format', 'json']))
@@ -41,13 +51,17 @@ def get_pod_status(app_name=None):
     return out(['podman', 'pod', 'ps', '--filter', app_filter])
 
 def create_volume(app_name, vol_name):
-    run(['podman', 'volume', 'create', '--label', f'spoc.app={app_name}', vol_name])
+    subuid, subgid = get_subuidgid()
+    run(['podman', 'volume', 'create',
+         '--opt', f'o=uid={subuid},gid={subgid}',
+         '--label', f'spoc.app={app_name}', vol_name])
 
 def remove_volume(vol_name):
     run(['podman', 'volume', 'rm', vol_name])
 
 def create_pod(app_name, app_version):
     run(['podman', 'pod', 'create', '--name', app_name,
+         '--subuidname', 'spoc', '--subgidname', 'spoc',
          '--label', f'spoc.app={app_name}', '--label', f'spoc.version={app_version}'])
 
 def remove_pod(app_name):
@@ -56,7 +70,7 @@ def remove_pod(app_name):
 
 def create_container(app_name, cnt_name, image, **kwargs):
     cmd = ['podman', 'container', 'create', '--name', cnt_name, '--pod', app_name,
-           '--subgidname', 'spoc', '--subgidname', 'spoc',
+           '--subuidname', 'spoc', '--subgidname', 'spoc',
            '--restart', 'unless-stopped']
     env_file = kwargs.get('env_file')
     if env_file:
diff --git a/tests/test_podman.py b/tests/test_podman.py
index e1cb482..711d6c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_podman.py
+++ b/tests/test_podman.py
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ def test_out(run):
                                 env=podman.ENV, arg1=123, arg2=True)
     assert output == 'RESULT'
 
+@patch('spoc.podman.out', return_value='     0     1000        1\n     1   100000    65536')
+def test_get_subuidgid(out):
+    subuidgid = podman.get_subuidgid()
+
+    assert subuidgid == (100000, 100000)
+    out.assert_has_calls([
+        call(['su', '-', 'spoc', '-c', 'podman unshare cat /proc/self/uid_map']),
+        call(['su', '-', 'spoc', '-c', 'podman unshare cat /proc/self/gid_map']),
+    ])
+
+@patch('spoc.podman.out', return_value='')
+def test_get_subuidgid_no_id(out):
+    subuidgid = podman.get_subuidgid()
+
+    assert subuidgid == (0, 0)
+    assert out.call_count == 2
+
 @patch('spoc.podman.out')
 def test_get_apps(out):
     with open(os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, 'podman_pod_ps.json'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
@@ -78,10 +95,14 @@ def test_get_pod_status_all(out):
     assert status == 'RESULT'
 
 @patch('spoc.podman.run')
-def test_create_volume(run):
+@patch('spoc.podman.get_subuidgid', return_value=(100000, 100000))
+def test_create_volume(get_subuidgid, run):
     podman.create_volume('someapp', 'someapp-vol')
 
-    expected_cmd = ['podman', 'volume', 'create', '--label', 'spoc.app=someapp', 'someapp-vol']
+    expected_cmd = ['podman', 'volume', 'create',
+                    '--opt', 'o=uid=100000,gid=100000',
+                    '--label', 'spoc.app=someapp', 'someapp-vol']
+    get_subuidgid.assert_called_once()
     run.assert_called_once_with(expected_cmd)
 
 @patch('spoc.podman.run')
@@ -96,6 +117,7 @@ def test_create_pod(run):
     podman.create_pod('someapp', '0.1')
 
     expected_cmd = ['podman', 'pod', 'create', '--name', 'someapp',
+                    '--subuidname', 'spoc', '--subgidname', 'spoc',
                     '--label', 'spoc.app=someapp', '--label', 'spoc.version=0.1']
     run.assert_called_once_with(expected_cmd)
 
@@ -117,7 +139,7 @@ def test_create_container(run):
                             hosts={'cnt2', 'cnt3', 'cnt'})
 
     expected_cmd = ['podman', 'container', 'create', '--name', 'someapp-cnt', '--pod', 'someapp',
-                    '--subgidname', 'spoc', '--subgidname', 'spoc',
+                    '--subuidname', 'spoc', '--subgidname', 'spoc',
                     '--restart', 'unless-stopped', '--env-file', '/var/lib/spoc/someapp.env',
                     '--requires', 'someapp-cnt2,someapp-cnt3', '--volume', 'someapp-mnt:/mnt',
                     '--volume', 'someapp-srv:/srv', '--add-host', 'cnt:127.0.0.1',
@@ -130,7 +152,7 @@ def test_create_container_minimal(run):
     podman.create_container('someapp', 'someapp-cnt', 'example.com/someapp:0.23.6-210515')
 
     expected_cmd = ['podman', 'container', 'create', '--name', 'someapp-cnt', '--pod', 'someapp',
-                    '--subgidname', 'spoc', '--subgidname', 'spoc',
+                    '--subuidname', 'spoc', '--subgidname', 'spoc',
                     '--restart', 'unless-stopped', 'example.com/someapp:0.23.6-210515']
     run.assert_called_once_with(expected_cmd)