diff --git a/group_vars/all b/group_vars/all
index 6bc0025..f6d7646 100644
--- a/group_vars/all
+++ b/group_vars/all
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 user:
     name: pigmonkey
     uid: 1000
+    gid: 1000
     group: pigmonkey
     shell: /usr/bin/zsh
     email:  peter@havenaut.net
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/user.yml b/roles/base/tasks/user.yml
index ce808f5..912d605 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/user.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/user.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 - name: Create user group
   group:
     name: "{{ user.group }}"
+    gid: "{{ user.gid }}"
     state: present
   tags:
     - user