diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d50d472bd03959179d1c2ab5e7f6eb250d036230..b0990f83c817ac720e3bd7c1ac89dfc8ed59a1d5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ lib/_autoconf.py: Makefile vcs-version | lib/.dir
 	  echo "CONFD_USER = '$(CONFD_USER)'"; \
 	  echo "CONFD_GROUP = '$(CONFD_GROUP)'"; \
 	  echo "NODED_USER = '$(NODED_USER)'"; \
+	  echo "NODED_GROUP = '$(NODED_GROUP)'"; \
 	  echo "VCS_VERSION = '$$VCSVER'"; \
 	  echo "DISK_SEPARATOR = '$(DISK_SEPARATOR)'"; \
 	} > $@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 41d2d8f2ffb8e5e16cc7b569efed50398c85c2da..856772951ef0de9c32e73595c1ddbb54192ab0fe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -164,16 +164,19 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([group-prefix],
    group_admin="${withval}admin";
    group_confd="${withval}confd";
    group_masterd="${withval}masterd";
+   group_noded="root";
    group_daemons="${withval}daemons";],
   [group_rapi="root";
    group_admin="root";
    group_confd="root";
    group_masterd="root";
+   group_noded="root";
    group_daemons="root"])
 AC_SUBST(RAPI_GROUP, $group_rapi)
 AC_SUBST(ADMIN_GROUP, $group_admin)
 AC_SUBST(CONFD_GROUP, $group_confd)
 AC_SUBST(MASTERD_GROUP, $group_masterd)
+AC_SUBST(NODED_GROUP, $group_noded)
 AC_SUBST(DAEMONS_GROUP, $group_daemons)
 
 # Print the config to the user
diff --git a/lib/constants.py b/lib/constants.py
index d26507345b0660c5f35e2d71a055ec97cf734c87..1de0ed5986ddaf6e664fd9553f778571356779a5 100644
--- a/lib/constants.py
+++ b/lib/constants.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ RAPI_GROUP = _autoconf.RAPI_GROUP
 CONFD_USER = _autoconf.CONFD_USER
 CONFD_GROUP = _autoconf.CONFD_GROUP
 NODED_USER = _autoconf.NODED_USER
+NODED_GROUP = _autoconf.NODED_GROUP
 
 
 # Wipe