diff --git a/init-rocky-simple-builder.yml b/init-rocky-simple-builder.yml
index a8f8a2f..55a4346 100644
--- a/init-rocky-simple-builder.yml
+++ b/init-rocky-simple-builder.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@
         state: latest
         update_cache: false
 
+    - name: Ensure users are part of mock group
+      ansible.builtin.user:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        groups: mock
+        append: true
+      with_items:
+        - neil
+        - sherif
+        - pgreco
+        - label
+
   post_tasks:
     - name: Touching run file that ansible has ran here
       ansible.builtin.file: