diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77adfd5a..23ad263a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 * Added -l option for clixon_backend for directing syslog to stderr or stdout if running in foreground
 
 ### Corrected Bugs
-
+* Setting /www-data with www-data as owner, see https://github.com/clicon/clixon/issues/37
+	
 ### Known issues
 * Namespace name relabeling is not supported.
   * Eg: if "des" is defined as prefix for an imported module, then a relabeling using xmlfns is not supported, such as:
diff --git a/apps/restconf/Makefile.in b/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
index d54f1255..431d64cb 100644
--- a/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
+++ b/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ bindir 		= @bindir@
 libdir		= @libdir@
 mandir		= @mandir@
 libexecdir	= @libexecdir@
-wwwdir  	= /www-data
 localstatedir	= @localstatedir@
 sysconfdir	= @sysconfdir@
 includedir	= @includedir@
 HOST_VENDOR     = @host_vendor@
 
+wwwdir  	= /www-data
+wwwuser         = www-data
+
 SH_SUFFIX	= @SH_SUFFIX@
 CLIXON_MAJOR    = @CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR@
 CLIXON_MINOR    = @CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR@
@@ -97,8 +99,9 @@ distclean: clean
 # Put other executables in libexec/
 # Also create a libexec/ directory for writeable/temporary files.
 # Put config file in etc/
+# Shouldnt www-dir be owned by www-data?
 install:	install-lib $(APPL)
-	install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(wwwdir)
+	install -d -m 0755 -o $(wwwuser) -g $(wwwuser) $(DESTDIR)$(wwwdir)
 	install -m 0755 $(INSTALLFLAGS) $(APPL) $(DESTDIR)$(wwwdir)
 
 install-lib: $(MYLIB)