1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init/weston-start b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init/weston-start
index ccc7093425..0b93dc964a 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init/weston-start
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init/weston-start
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ if [ -n "$WESTON_USER" ]; then
                 echo "ERROR: If you have WESTON_USER variable set, you also need WESTON_TTY."
                 exit 1
         fi
+        if [ -z "$WESTON_GROUP" ]; then
+                # no explicit WESTON_GROUP given, therefore use WESTON_USER
+                export WESTON_GROUP="${WESTON_USER}"
+        fi
         weston_args_user="-u $WESTON_USER -t $WESTON_TTY"
 fi
 
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ if test -z "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"; then
         fi
         if [ -n "$WESTON_USER" ]
         then
-                chown $WESTON_USER:$WESTON_USER $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+                chown $WESTON_USER:$WESTON_GROUP $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
         fi
 fi