diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
index f4bca109d..d88116d11 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Type=notify
 LimitNOFILE=100000
 RuntimeDirectory=rtpengine-recording
 PIDFile=/run/rtpengine-recording/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.pid
-AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_ADMIN
+AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_CHOWN
 User=rtpengine
 Group=rtpengine
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rtpengine-recording -f -E --no-log-timestamps --pidfile /run/rtpengine-recording/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.pid --config-file /etc/rtpengine/rtpengine-recording.conf
diff --git a/el/rtpengine-recording.service b/el/rtpengine-recording.service
index c350e7018..d955d70e6 100644
--- a/el/rtpengine-recording.service
+++ b/el/rtpengine-recording.service
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Environment=CFG_FILE=/etc/rtpengine/rtpengine-recording.conf
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/rtpengine-recording
 User=ngcp-rtpengine
 Group=ngcp-rtpengine
-AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_ADMIN
+AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_CHOWN
 RuntimeDirectory=rtpengine-recording
 PIDFile=/run/rtpengine-recording/rtpengine-recording.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rtpengine-recording --config-file=${CFG_FILE} --pidfile=${PID_FILE}