diff --git a/sysusers.d/basic.conf.in b/sysusers.d/basic.conf.in
index 39d906ed5f..0aec080a4c 100644
--- a/sysusers.d/basic.conf.in
+++ b/sysusers.d/basic.conf.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 
 # The superuser
+g root    0       -            -
 u root    0:0     "Super User" /root
 
 # The nobody user/group for NFS file systems