diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 764ea00b430cc3e302103696460bef04ae1dc4ec..f5022c7d914a440ecdea67fcd00d3b7f91a63e1c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ test:
     SITE_URL: "http://noblogs:8080"
     MYSQL_DATABASE: noblogstest
     MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: changeme
+    PHP_FPM_USER: www-data
   script:
     - apt -q update
     - env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt -y --no-install-recommends install mariadb-client curl
diff --git a/docker/conf/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf b/docker/conf/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
index 2deb81cc83d613cec114479dbf78441722b15ea7..9be0c6090846a616c871f7910b9d02ddc81e9f79 100644
--- a/docker/conf/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
+++ b/docker/conf/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [www]
+user = ${PHP_FPM_USER}
 listen = /run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock
 
 pm = dynamic