diff --git a/utils/aosp b/utils/aosp
index ac157c7..fd892e5 100755
--- a/utils/aosp
+++ b/utils/aosp
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ function aosp_create_dir_if_needed {
 aosp_create_dir_if_needed $AOSP_VOL_AOSP
 aosp_create_dir_if_needed $AOSP_VOL_CCACHE
 
-# Set uid and gid to match host current user
-AOSP_HOST_ID_ARGS="-e USER_ID=$(id -u) -e GROUP_ID=$(id -g)"
+uid=$(id -u)
+
+# Set uid and gid to match host current user as long as NOT root
+if [ $uid -ne "0" ]; then
+    AOSP_HOST_ID_ARGS="-e USER_ID=$uid -e GROUP_ID=$(id -g)"
+fi
 
 if [ -n "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
     SSH_AUTH_ARGS="-v $SSH_AUTH_SOCK:/tmp/ssh_auth -e SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh_auth"